Sold outDec 2020In short · Chichibu (Japan), 9 years.
“This bottling is limited to 1 per member Harmonious as a barbershop quartet – the nose combined savoury (soy, nori, red bean paste) with sweet (mocha, Demerara, honey)…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 130.5 is a single cask of Chichibu, in Japan, 9 years old, bottled at 58.8%, released in the Dec 2020 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 130.x is from Chichibu.
Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.
In the hills of Saitama, Chichibu was founded in 2008 by Ichiro Akuto, from a sake-brewing family going back to 1625, and was the first new whisky distillery licensed in Japan for thirty-five years. Its tiny stills and Japanese oak washbacks set off a revival of small-scale distilling across the country. The spirit is intense, fruity and bold for its age. Venture Whisky's.