Made with spirit from Ichiro’s Malt’s Chichibu No. 2 Distillery.
This is the second release from Ichiro’s Malt’s Chichibu No. 2 Distillery.
This release is named ‘HINT OF SHERRY’. The Chichibu No. 2 spirit is produced using peated malt, and it appears this release utilises that very spirit.
The Chichibu Distillery, which began operations in 2008, became a whisky producer that attracted global attention as ‘Ichiro’s Malt’ in just a few short years.
‘Toa Shuzo’, run by the father of the founder, Ichiro Hido, owned the Hanyu Distillery and produced whisky; however, by the time Mr Hido took over in 2001, the company was in financial difficulty and its operations were transferred to ‘Hinode Tsusho’ in 2003. At that time, the decision was made to withdraw from the whisky business, and the whisky in storage faced the prospect of being disposed of.
After a frantic search for a taker, he succeeded in securing the cooperation of Sasano-gawa Shuzo, and was able to move the whisky stored at the Hanyu Distillery to a warehouse rented from them. Subsequently, together with Sasano-gawa Shuzo, he began selling whisky made from the Hanyu Distillery’s raw spirit.
Mr Hito established Venture Whisky Co., Ltd. in 2004 and, in 2007, completed a whisky distillery in Chichibu, which is not only his hometown but also an environment well-suited to distilling.
At ‘BAR Shinkai’, a glass is served at 45ml for 3,630 yen, 30ml for 2,420 yen, and 15ml for 1,210 yen.
