Ichiro’s Malt & Grain 505

Volume: 700ml / ABV: 50.5%

The Ichiro’s Malt brand is produced by Japanese firm, Venture Whisky, and is named after their founder, Ichiro Akuto. He is also the founder of the Chichibu distillery. Venture Whisky was established in 2004 after Ichiro acquired the remaining unblended stocks of single malt from his grandfather’s Hanyu distillery. Ichiro’s Malt was born the following year, with the release of the original ‘Card’ series single casks of Hanyu. The company then opened its own distillery in 2008, the increasingly sought-after Chichibu. In addition to bottling these two single malts, the Ichiro’s Malt brand has also produced a number of sought after blended whiskies like this over the years.

This release is the World Blended Whisky and contains casks sourced internationally alongside Chichibu malt. The 505 in the name refers to the 50.5% abv of the whisky.