Hanyu Ichiro's Malt The Game
Lot number: 0532211
Winning bid: £1,800
The range is named after Ichiro Akuto, the grandson of the creator of Hanyu distillery. Although the distillery was dismantled in 2004, Ichiro saved the remaining 400 casks. This whisky comes from one of the final 400 casks and has been finished in Mizunara Wood, more commonly known over here as Japanese Oak.
This Hanyu is named "The Game" and features a man playing a board game with a bottle whisky as company. It was bottled exclusively for Shinanoya Shop in Japan.
Distilled: 2000
Bottled: 2011
Cask Type: Hogshead with Mizunara heads
Cask Number: 917
59.4%ABV / 70cl
Bottle Number: 153
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