Chichibu 2010 The Floor Malted Single Cask #653
Lot number: 070-1083
Winning bid: £380
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.
The Floor Malted releases are distilled from barley malted to Akuto-san's specifications from a trip to Scotland during which he learnt the art of floor-malting for himself.
Distilled: 2010
Bottled: 2013
Cask Type: Bourbon
62% ABV / 70cl
Bottle Number: 237
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