• Nose: 23 Palate: 23 Finish: 21 Balance: 22 Total: 89
  • Nose: Vanilla and toasted cashews
  • Palate: Warm and viscous, vanilla and almond syrup
  • Finish: Medium - A little weird - beer notes
  • Balance: Nice, but a bit hot
  • Type: Single Malt
  • Age: 6
  • ABV: 59.5%
  • Distiller: Chichibu
  • Where made: Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture JAPAN
  • Region: Japan
  • Approximate Price: $7000
  • Value: POOR

I tasted this exceedingly-rare whisky at Bar Fuji (Fukuoka Japan). This single-cask whisky was distilled in 2011, initially matured in a bourbon barrel, and then finished in a beer barrel, and bottled at Chichibu distillery in 2017 for Whisky Talk Fukuoka 2017. There were only 242 bottles in the release.