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Chichibu Newborn Heavily Peated 3 Year Old, American Oak Hogshead Cask, Cask #499, 2012, 59.5%
CHICHIBU

Chichibu Newborn Heavily Peated 3 Year Old, American Oak Hogshead Cask, Cask #499, 2012, 59.5%

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TypeSingle Malt Whisky
MRI
MRI 6
Average Score
Avg 77
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Description

A single malt whisky distillery in Japan, located within the city of the same name in the Saitama Prefecture. It was established in 2008 by Ichiro Akuto and significantly expanded in 2019 with the opening of a second distillery called Chichibu 2. A single malt whisky distillery in Japan, located within the city of the same name in the Saitama Prefecture. It was established in 2008 by Ichiro Akuto ...

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Whisky AuctioneerAuction Sold Price - Sep 8, 2025SGD 719.30
Cask type
American Oak Hogshead
Bottling
Official Bottling
Peated
Heavily Peated
Single cask
Yes
Non-chill filtered
Yes
Cask origin
N.A
Cask no.
499
Batch
N.A
PPM
N.A
Barley
Optic Heavily Peated
Fermentation
N.A
Master distiller (bottling)
Ichiro Akuto
Master distiller (distillation)
Ichiro Akuto
Limited edition
Yes
Bottle count
N.A
Has box
N.A
Closure
N.A
Presentation
N.A
Series highlights
Newborn
Historical context
N.A
Special release
N.A
Allocation
N.A
Nose
Peat with a capital P, huge wafts of sweet peat, hides high alcohol content well, maltiness, smokey, less wood than expected.
Palate
Stiff jab of peat, high alcohol, fades quickly, light and heavy bodied, light sugar sweetness, mid palate peaty, smokey, back palate brown sugar sweetness.
Finish
Short, brown sugar, light cherries, light red berries.
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