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Fresh fruit and honey from a 1988 Hanyu single cask, matured 20 years in Ex-Bourbon wood and bottled at cask strength 55% for an event release in 2008, a direct expression of the Saitama distillery’s lighter, fruit-driven house character.
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Hanyu 20 Years Old 1988 is a single cask single malt distilled in 1988 at Hanyu in Saitama Prefecture and bottled in 2008 at cask strength for an event release, one of the limited occasion-specific bottlings Ichiro Akuto produced from the rescued Toa Shuzo stocks. The distillery had closed in 2000, and by 2008 the 1988 vintage casks had reached twenty years in wood.
Matured entirely in an Ex-Bourbon cask designated in the records as a nice butt, the profile unfolds as fresh fruit and honey, notes that track closely with Hanyu's lighter, cleaner house character at this age without the density that sherry or wine finishes tend to impose. At 55% the spirit is concentrated but carries that fruit-forward brightness intact, making this a relatively approachable expression of the closed distillery despite its age and strength.
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