Chichibu 2011 Single Beer Cask #3303 / LMDW

​A single cask Chichibu, distilled in 2011 and bottled from a beer barrel in 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.

Part of a series of specially selected Ichiro's Malts for La Maison du Whisky, all featuring artwork on the label from artist Tay Bak Chang. This one features It is I, 2009.