Hanyu Ichiro's Malt Card Queen Of Spades
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Lot number: 079-4655
Winning bid: £2,500
Hanyu distillery, situated in the town of Chichibu, was established in 1626 by Isouji Akuto and was a sake brewery. Akuto began distilling malt whisky with his son after purchasing a pair of stills from Scotland in the 1980s but unfortunately at this time demand for single malt whisky was not where it is today and the Hanyu distillery was sold in 2000. Distillation of whisky was not continued by the new owner and the stills were dismantled, the stock sold on. Isouji’s grandson, Ichiro, managed to secure some casks of the old stock and established a new distillery in 2007 on a new site in Chichibu.
This is the Queen of Spades, from the fabled Malt Card series.
Distilled: 1990
Bottled: 2009
Cask Type: Hogshead / Port Pipe Finish
Cask Number: 466
53.1% ABV / 70cl
Bottle Number: 267 / 737
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