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Ichiro's Malt Card Jack Of Spades

Ichiro's Malt Card Jack Of Spades
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Lot number: 0562981

Winning bid: £2,100

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 Jack of Spades. The whisky has been aged in Hogsheads and finished in New American Oak Hogsheads.

Distilled: 1990

Bottled: 2007

Cask Type: American Hogshead

Cask Number: 7002

Bottle Number 258 of 349

Please note the slight marking to the label.

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