Hanyu Joker Colour ichiro`s malt

Hanyu joker color is a bottle from Hanyu distillery the history of the Japanese whisky Hanyu dates back to the 1600s, with the Akuto family producing sake in the town of Chichibu. Many years later, in 1941, the company built a factory in Hanyu and received their licence to produce alcohol in 1946, under the eyes of Isouji Akuto. It was here that they started to produce whisky in the 1980s, and in the 1990s they released a single malt whisky. Sadly, production stopped in 2000 (coincidentally close to the time when Karuizawa, another renowned Japanese distillery stopped production too), and was finally closed in 2004.

 

The 54th and final bottling in Ichiro’s Card Series.

There are two Joker’s released to complete the 54 bottle series, one in colour and one in Black and White.  This particular bottling is the Colour Joker, a vatting of 14 casks covering vintages from 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991 and 2000.  The casks used for this final bottling include a sherry butt, puncheon, hogshead, Cognac, chibidaru, Madeira hogshead and bourbon.

Only 3,690 bottles of this highly sought after whisky have been made available.

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Description

Distillery:
Hanyu

Age:
n/a

Vintage:
See Lot Description

Region:
Japan

Bottler:
Official

Cask Type:
See Lot Description

Bottle Strength:
57.7%

Bottle Size:
70cl

Distillery Status:
Closed