Chichibu distillery in Saitama, Japan was opened in 2008, and was the country’s first new distillery since Suntory opened Hakushu back in 1973. Chichibu was the brainchild of Ichiro Akuto, grandson of the founder of the legendary Hanyu distillery. The Ichiro’s Malt brand appeared in 2005 and rose to fame through the bottling of the last casks from Hanyu, particularly the sought after ‘Card’ series. The first Chichibu releases appeared under it in 2011. Distilled in 2010 and bottled in 2013, this has been matured in Chibidaru casks. Chibidaru are similar to quarter casks, the difference being that while Scottish quarter casks are made by removing staves from regular casks, Chibidaru have shortened staves and are repurposed. Geen verzending naar Zwitserland, de VS, Canada, Rusland en England.