Chichibu Ichiro’s Single Malt Whisky The 2022 US Edition

Ichiro’s Single Malt is a limit edition whisky produce by Chichibu Distillery in Saitama, Japan. It comes  from 100% malt Concerto two row barley. Mill and mash in-house and allows to ferment in Mizunara washbacks for 90-100 hours. The whisky is then distill in Forsyths copper pot. Distills and age in a combination of a sherry hogshead and ex-IPA, imperial stout, and hopped cider casks. The 2022 Edition of the US bottling of Ichiro’s Single Malt is a blend of nine casks. With a focus on barrels that previously holds India pale ale, imperial stout, and hop cider, lending subtle notes of tropical fruit and citrus. Bottle at cask strength without additives or coloring. This non-chill filter whisky have an ABV of 53.5% and is limit to 2233 bottles. If you’re a fan of Japanese whisky, be sure to try Ichiro’s Single Malt.

It started three centuries ago when the first of Ichiro Akuto’s. Forefathers began making alcoholic beverages in countryside of Saitama, Japan. His grandfather opened the now legendary Hanyu Distillery in the mid-1940’s. And began making malt whiskies that thrived right alongside the Japanese economic boom of the 1980’s. However, when the economic bubble burst in the 1990’s, so too did the first Japanese whisky boom. Leading Hanyu Distillery and many others to close their doors indefinitely. Chichibu Ichiro’s Single Malt

Ichiro saved his grandfathers’ last remaining whisky casks. And slowly released them in a variety of bottlings, to a surprisingly cold reception. His final release, The Playing Card Series, is now legendary with individual bottles being considered the unicorns of the Japanese whisky world.