Chichibu London Edition 2021

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 is the 2021 and fourth release of Chichibu's London Edition, produced annually to coincide with The Whisky Show. Delayed at the time of the original event, the release was not made available until July 2022.

The bottling is a vatting of seven casks, all matured for over 5 years and comprising mostly first-fill bourbon barrels and casks that previously contained peated whisky.

One of 1,859 bottles.