Chichibu No.2
秩父第二蒸溜所
Kanto (Saitama), Japan·est. 2019·active·Venture Whisky
Ichiro Akuto second siteScaled-up Chichibu DNA: fruit, malt, mizunaraIchiro Akuto / Venture Whisky
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Prestige
90/100
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The Story
Ichiro Akuto’s second Chichibu distillery, opened five kilometres from the original in 2019, roughly quintuples capacity while keeping the house’s exacting, small-batch philosophy — including in-house floor maltings and mizunara washbacks.
Production
Still heating
indirect steam
Water
Arakawa headwaters
Climate
Cold winters, humid summers
Maturation
Bourbon, sherry, wine and mizunara casks maturing alongside Chichibu No.1 stock; wide diurnal range gives brisk extraction.
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