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Chichibu

Ichiro Akuto, grand-son of the founder of Hanyu distillery, decided in 2007 to build a new whisky distillery 100 kilometers northwest of Tokyo, in the city of Chichibu. Located near the old Hanyu distillery, where the local climate with rough winters and hot and humid summers, provides maturity to the whiskies produced in Chichibu despite their young age (production started in 2008). Small distillery, Chichibu produces in small quantities, but the remaining stocks of Hanyu, Kawasaki and Karuisawa hosted on site allow Ichiro Akuto to offer rare and exceptional malt whiskies.

Brand Distillery / range / reference Type Age Vol. Opinion
Ichiro's Malt Chichibu Port Pipe 4 54,5% None
Ichiro's Malt Chichibu Chibidaru 12 58,2% None
Ichiro's Malt Chichibu 2008/2009 Newborn Double Matured 1 61,3% 2
Ichiro's Malt Chichibu 2008/2011 The First 3 61,8% None
Ichiro's Malt Chichibu 2008 Whisky Live Tokyo 2011 3 61,8% 1
Ichiro's Malt Chichibu Ichiro’s Malt Wine Wood Reserve NAS 46% None
Ichiro's Malt Chichibu The Floor Malted 3 50,5% None
Ichiro's Malt Chichibu The Peated 3 50,5% None
Ichiro's Malt Chichibu 2009 Chibidaru 3 61,9% None
Ichiro's Malt Chichibu 2008 Newborn - 62,5% None
Ichiro's Malt Chichibu 2009 Newborn Heavily Peated - 61,4% None
Ichiro's Malt Chichibu 2009 Newborn Peated - 61,4% 2