Chichibu 2012 Ichiro's Malt Single Cask #5074 / Tokyo Bar Show 2017

Chichibu distillery in Saitama, Japan was opened in 2008, and was the country’s first new distillery since Suntory opened Hakushu back in 1973. Chichibu was the brainchild of Ichiro Akuto, grandson of the founder of the legendary Hanyu distillery. The Ichiro’s Malt brand appeared in 2005 and rose to fame through the bottling of the last casks from Hanyu, particularly the sought after ‘Card’ series. The first Chichibu releases appeared under it in 2011.

Distilled in 2012 and matured in single red wine cask #5074 and bottled in 2017 exclusively for the Tokyo International Bar Show / Whisky Expo Japan 2017.

One of 230 bottled.