Ichiros Malt Double Distilleries 2021 Chichibu×Komagatake

為了探索日本威士忌的更多可能性，超越蒸餾所間的藩籬，製作美味的威士忌，自2015年信州駒ヶ岳蒸溜所與秩父蒸溜所開始嘗試相互交換麥芽原酒，並在各自的酒窖熟成。自2015年4月交換麥芽原酒以來，兩家酒廠確認各自環境中的熟成情況，已經進行了近六年的討論。終於在2021年聯合推出這一套兩款，以駒ヶ岳和秩父麥芽混合的100%純日本調和麥芽威士忌。

＊秩父Ichiros Malt Double Distilleries

產區：日本
酒廠：Shinshu Mars, Chichibu
酒精濃度：53.5%
容量：700 ML

柔和清澈的果香，造就出典雅迷人的味覺層次。加水稀釋會誘發出宛如糖漿般甜美的口感。

＊駒ヶ岳x秩父 Malt Duo

產區：日本
酒廠：Shinshu Mars, Chichibu
橡木桶：雪莉桶、波本桶、美國白橡木桶
酒精濃度：54%
容量：700 ML

Ichiro’s Malt is an independent Japanese whisky bottling company. It was created by Ichiro Akuto, in a modest location in Chichibu, a town 100 km northwest of Tokyo, with only two small stills. Akuto’s education in whisky distillation came from the family business. His grandfather was originally a distiller and manager of a sake brewery, the Hanyu Distillery, founded in 1625, before he obtained a distiller's license to produce whisky in 1941. The father of Akuto continued the work his grandfather had started and his passion for whisky led him to purchase two stills from Scotland that could produce around 400 casks. In 2000, the economic decline in Japan and a decrease in sake consumption forced the family to sell their business. However, Ichiro Akuto turned this potential crisis into an opportunity and bought the stills and maturing whisky casks from the new owners of the brewery.

Today, Ichiro Akuto continues to implement the techniques learned over many years at the Hanyu Distillery and is one of the most ambitious Japanese distillers in business. Some 4,000 casks of Sherry, Wine and Bourbon are currently maturing, while he has started experiments to grow barley locally, in the hopes of producing a truly Japanese whisky.

This limited edition bottled in 2021 is a blend of whisky from Chichibu Distillery and whisky from Mars Shinshu Distillery. It was matured at Chichibu Distillery.