Chichibu 2009 Ichiro's Malt Newborn Cask #453 / Heavily Peated

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.

A very early bottling from Chichibu, this 'Newborn' bottling of heavily peated spirit was distilled June-July 2009.

Placed into New American Oak hoghsead in July 2009 and bottled in November 2009 at a strength of 61.4%.

One of 360 bottles.