Ichiro's Malt Single Malt Whisky Cask #2134Ichiro Akuto is a name you should get to know. You'll likely hear that name mentioned along with the word Phoenix more times than you will care to remember. He is the founder of Chichibu Distillery, which was founded from the ashes of the Hanyu distillery, a once Akuto owned distillery that met its end in 2000. Chichibu distillery is a small distillery with only nine full time employees, located in Chichibu city, Saitama just outside of Tokyo. It is

with sweetness from the agave and vanilla from the time spent in barrel

as it asked to bring together a plethora of unique components

Bronze Medal Winner – San Francisco World Spirits Competition

It features eight botanicals – aniseed

it earned a score of 90 points from the Beverage Testing Institute in 2013 and a Gold Medal from the International Craft Spirit Awards

but before he started on his new venture

The winery is one of the properties of a large estate which used to belong to Prince Ginori Conti

with lots of strong fruit

notes of rich pipe tobacco and freshly tanned leather dominate the senses – candied figs and plums balance nicely with the mild smoke

with soft tannins and an excellent structure

Crisp and clean with aromas and flavor notes of green apple

Barrel Strength is entirely un-cut & un-filtered – allowing consumers to enjoy this unique offer in its purest form