Chichibu Ichiro's Malt Double Distilleries

Chichibu Ichiro's Malt & Grain - World Blended Whisky

It's been a few years since the boom yet the grip of anything Japanese whisky adjacent hasn't loosened. It can be hard to find any whisky from known Japanese distiller/producers and even harder to find anything with an age statement and a confirmed provenance. There are bottles available, often at either end of the spectrum from NAS entry all the...

Score 86/100

Chichibu Ichiro's Malt & Grain

Ichiro Akuto founded the Chichibu Distillery as recently as 2008, but his family has been involved in distilling sprits since the 17th Century. In 1941 his grandfather was the founder of the now closed but revered Hanyu Distillery. Ichiro worked for Suntory for many years and used that knowledge to build his own distillery a decade ago in the...

Score 82/100

Chichibu 2010/2014 Single Cask PX for Modern Malt Whisky Market 2014 Tokyo

Chichibu distillery is located in the town of Chichibu, close to the city of Saitama and about 120 kilometres to the northwest of Tokyo. Ichiro Akuto, the distillery’s charismatic founder, started construction planning in 2007, and after completing the distillery, a bottling plant and a warehouse he began distilling in the spring of 2008. The...

Score 85/100

Chichibu Chibidaru Shinanoya Private Cask

Chichibu distillery is located in the town of Chichibu, close to the city of Saitama and about 120 kilometres to the northwest of Tokyo. Ichiro Akuto, the distillery’s charismatic founder, started construction planning in 2007, and after completing the distillery, a bottling plant and a warehouse he began distilling in the spring of 2008. The...

Score 87/100