Chichibu 2008 Single Bourbon Cask #188 / Serizawa Liquor Shop

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 December 2008 and bottled in 2015 from a single bourbon cask #188 exclusively for Serizawa.

One of 205 bottles.