Ichiro’s Malt & Grain Limited Edition Whisky

Ichiro’s Malt & Grain Whiskey It all starts some three centuries ago when the first of Ichiro Akuto’s forefathers begins making alcoholic beverages in Saitama Prefecture. His grandfather began making whisky in the mid-1940’s with Hanyu Distillery. Whose focus on malt whiskies took off with the Japanese economic boom of the 1980s. However, when the bubble burst in the 1990s. So too did the first Japanese Whisky boom, leading Hanyu like several other distillers to shutter its doors. Ichiro save his grandfather’s old inventory and subsequently release the Playing Card series.

However, This collection, which debuts to a slow start in the early 2000s, is now consider unicorn whisky, the stuff of legend. With the success of the playing cards,. Ichiro saw that the Japanese whisky revival is imminent and in 2008 he built his current distillery in Chichubu. Chichubu distillery is where Ichiro, a 21st-century whisky-maker. Embraces the heritage and heart of the Scots, balance by the precision of the Japanese and the shokunin philosophy. Ichiro’s Malt & Grain Whiskey

Moreover. This limit edition of Ichiro’s belove Malt & Grain blends Scotch. Canadian Rye, Bourbon, Irish Whiskey, and Ichiro’s own Japanese single malt. Once brings back to the Chichibu Distillery in Saitama, Japan, each whisk(e)y is age for a minimum of 10 years before vatting. Bottle without additives or coloring, the result is a supremely complex spirit spanning an age range of 10–40 years. Aromas of bake apple, cinnamon. Roast corn, white pepper. And honey transition to a rich, malty palate with a confectionary backbone of toffee, vanilla, and caramel. Malt & Grain Limited Edition is a unique, layered experience with each of its world whiskies displaying terroir unique to their origin. Non-chill filtered; 48% ABV.