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Chichibu The US Edition 2022

Japanese Single Malt Kanto
Age
No age statement
ABV
53.5%
Introduced
2022
Flavour Fingerprint
Malt Light Fruit Citrus Floral Herbal Spice Sweet Dark Fruit Nutty Earth Maritime Smoke / Peat

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Flavour profile is AI-assisted and still being refined.

Tasting

How it drinks

Sight
Pale to mid gold; bright and clear, medium legs
Nose
Icy cool clinical precision — peat smoke, icing sugar, vanilla, sponge cake, attractive spiciness, and a touch of mint. Tropical fruit and citrus from the beer cask influence
Palate
Effervescent mouthfeel with fizzing spices, buckets of bourbon-cask sweetness, sugary vanilla, and a huge thrust of clove at full strength. With water: lime and clementine peel emerge alongside deeper, more rounded smoke. Beer cask influence adds tropical fruit and citrus dimension
Finish
Long finish with smoke, citrus peel, vanilla sweetness, and lingering spice. The beer cask influence creates a unique hoppy-tropical brightness on the fade

Tasting notes are AI-assisted and still being refined.

Maturation

The wood it came through

  • Nine casks including ex-IPA
  • ex-imperial stout
  • and ex-hopped cider barrels

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