Ichiro's 1986 King of Spades

Hanyu 2000 Ichiro's Malt - Chibidaru 12 Y.O. for TIBS #349 (bot. 2012)

sample from a friend Nose: Lovely stuff. Green apple, tart, cinnamon, sweet ginger, sandalwood, soft spice wood, and burning incense stick. Waxy apple juice and extremely rich, honeyed caramel. A smattering of tart and bright red berries. There's a slightly off note in the apple, but it's a tiny blip in a sea of deliciousness. (with water) Oh yes,...

Score 91/100

Hanyu Ginkgo

Ginkgo is a vatted malt consisting of single malt from various Japanese distilleries and blended by Ichiro Akuto. It appears that there was one release of about 6,000 bottles. The nose is malty and quite nutty, very soft and light overall. There is vanilla and a hint of banana, everything very well blended together. The palate is medium-bodied...

Score 85/100

Hanyu Ichiro’s Malt 2000 Single 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 84/100

Hanyu 19 Year Old 1990 Single Cask #9305

As far as I can tell, cask #9305 has led a double life. One the one hand there is the general release by Number One Drinks that counted 626 bottles at 53,4% ABV, but Full Proof seems to have managed to market 200 bottles at a slightly lower ABV. I do not know the exact story behind this, but that it is a great whisky, you can read below. On the...

Score 89/100