Chichibu Distillery 'Ichiro's Malt - US Edition 2025' Single Malt Japanese Whisky Saitama

700ml bottle

52.5% abv

Candied orange, dried pineapple, and vanilla pastry cream are complemented by hop bitterness, displaying the zip of a well-balanced cask-aged ale.

• US-exclusive limited edition single malt Japanese whisky distilled by Chichibu Distillery in Saitama, Japan
• Distilled from 100% lightly peated malted barley
• Fermented 100 hours in Mizunara oak washbacks
• Double distilled in Forsyths copper pot stills
• Aged 5–9 years in a combination of 16 barrels including ex-IPA casks, ex-imperial stout casks, and ex-bourbon casks; non-age statement
  
• Allergen advisory: May contain gluten
• No added coloring
• Non-chill filtered

Consisting of just 16 barrels, the 2025 edition of Chichibu’s US-exclusive blend of Ichiro’s Malt showcases maturation in ex-IPA and ex-imperial stout casks, lending tropical fruit and rich coffee notes to Chichibu’s distinctive fruit-forward house style. The label—always a source of playful intrigue—features Samuel Langhorne Clemens, aka Mark Twain, enjoying a dram with a Mississippi steamboat in the background, as well as his famous observation, “Too much of anything is bad, but too much whisky is barely enough.”