Chichibu

Country of origin
Japan
Spirits
Whisky

In 2004, Ichiro Akuto, grandson of the founders of the Hanyu Distillery, started a new chapter in Japanese whisky history by building the Chichibu Distillery. A world blend with its own Chichibu malt at its core, supplemented with whisky from Scotland, Ireland, America and Canada.

Located in Saitama Prefecture, about 70 km northwest of Tokyo, production began in February 2008. Equipment includes a small mill; a mash tun and wash backs made from Japanese Mizunara oak and copper stills manufactured by Forsyths of Rothes from Scotland. Different types of casks are used, including bourbon, sherry and hogsheads. The maturation takes place in the traditional dunnage warehouse.

These special and exclusive whiskies are non-chill filtered and uncoloured.

Chichibu
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Traditional small-batch spirits

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