Chichibu 2009 Single Cask #2360 / Tokyo Bar Show 2015

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 2009 using Braemar barley and bottled in 2015, this has been matured in French Oak Casks before being bottled for the 2015 Tokyo International Bar Show.

One of 299 bottles.