Chichibu Ichiro's Malt Fifty Two Seats Of Happiness Cask #2628
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Lot number: 109-02529
Winning bid: £2,100
From its Mizunara wash backs and small stills with steep lyne arms to the fact that the mashman uses a wooden paddle to stir the mash, Chichibu is a hands-on distillery with quality as an intrinsic focus. With the ground now broken on a blending room, and an off-site cooperage, Ichiro Akuto's distillery - formed from the ashes of his grandfather's Hanyu distillery - is one of the finest producers in Japan. With the perfect climate of humid summers and cold winters, Chichibu is an ideal location for whisky production and has become a huge part of the Japanese whisky revolution.
This special release was bottled for the "52 Seats of Happiness", a Japanese tourist train that operates between Seibu Shinjuku and Ikebukuro in Tokyo and Seibu Chichibu and Hon-Kawagoe in Saitama Prefecture. Now that's the kind of train we can get on board with!
Distilled: June 2010
Bottled: May 2016
Age: 5 Years Old
Cask Type: Pedro Ximenez Hogsheads
Cask Number: 2628
59.4% ABV / 70cl
Bottle Number: One of only 318 bottles released
Please note minor creasing to carton lid.
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