Ichiro's Malt Chichibu 'Port Pipe'An extremely hard to find bottling from Chichibu distillery! Ichiro Akuto, the founder of Chichibu and the grand son of the Hanyu Distillery founder, has made a strong name for himself producing surprisingly complex whiskies at relatively younger ages. This bottling is part of a small 618 bottle run in 2016. Almost pink in color, this is a single malt that was first aged in oak casks and then matured in Port Pipes (massive 650 liter European casks

Reflexion has matured in smaller hogshead casks

8% came from the 5th floor of 9-story warehouse D

The chocolate flavors on the palate are accentuated by hints of coffee and the rum base comes bursting through keeping everything very lively and light

along with the moist and temperate climate

including 1st-fill ex-Bourbon and ex-Sherry casks

5 year old single malt

VINEYARD: Estate Bottled

The 2010 growing season was cool and late

you marvel at how smooth and velvety it is

many years

Now considered a great loss to the Scotch connoisseur community

just four years after its acclaimed appearance