Chichibu 2008 Newborn Double Matured Cask #446

The Ichiro's Malt brand is produced by Japanese firm, Venture Whisky, and is named after their founder, Ichiro Akuto. Venture Whisky was established in 2004 after Ichiro acquired the remaining unblended stocks of single malt from his grandfather's Hanyu distillery. Ichiro's Malt was born the following year, with the release of the original 'Card' series single casks of Hanyu. The company then opened its own distillery in 2008, the increasingly sought-after Chichibu. In addition to bottling these two single malts, the Ichiro's Malt brand has also produced a number of sought after blended whiskies like this over the years.

A very early bottling from Chichibu, this 'Newborn' bottling was distilled April-May 2008. The eponymous double maturing took place first in a Bourbon barrel in April-May 2008, and secondly in New American Oak hogshead in June 2009, before bottled in October 2009.

One of only 355 bottles.