Chichibu Ichiro’s Malt & Grain Cask #4504

Chichibu Ichiro's Malt and Grain Cask 4504 is a single-cask expression of the blended whisky range, drawn in 2017 for the Japanese domestic market. The Ichiro's Malt and Grain series draws on multiple sources including, potentially, imported or world-blend spirit alongside the Chichibu distillery contribution; the precise makeup of this single cask is not disclosed. The single-cask format is unusual within the range, which typically appears as a vatting, and gives this bottling an individual character absent from the standard releases.

Matured entirely in an Ex-Bourbon cask and bottled at 55.5% cask strength, the single-cask format concentrates the vanilla and tropical fruit character typical of the wood. Without a specified flavour profile, the bottling is best understood through the lens of Chichibu's typical Ex-Bourbon house character, delivered here at full natural strength in undiluted, individual cask form.