Chichibu 2010 Single Cask 9 Year Old #972 / Chichibu Whisk(e)y Matsuri 2020

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.

This limited release was distilled in 2010 and matured in refill hogshead #972, before being bottled exclusively for Chichibu Whisk(e)y Matsuri in November 2019.