Chichibu US Edition 2019 Single Malt

Price

$1,399.95

✔ Authenticated by the house — seal, fill level, and label inspected before release
✔ Documented provenance on every bottle
✔ Climate-safe, collector-grade packaging

Age: | Region: Chichibu, Saitama, Japan | Proof: 101

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Vault-to-door shipping

Adult signature (21+) at delivery

Barley Varieties

Casks

55.5%

ABV

111

Proof

1,556

Bottles

750mL

Format

For the second US Edition, Chichibu built the vatting around grain: seven casks of whisky made from Braemar, floor-malted Tipple and peated Concerto barley. Ichiro's Malt bottled it in 2019 at 55.5% ABV, or 111 proof, and released 1,556 bottles for the United States.

Nº 01

The Elemental Distinction

Barley on the label. The box label lists all seven casks by the barley they were made from — Tipple, Braemar and Concerto — where the 2018 label had listed its casks by wood.

Floor-malted Tipple. Two casks hold whisky distilled from Tipple barley that was floor malted: steeped, then spread across a malting floor to germinate.

Peat from Concerto. The label marks the two Concerto casks as peated, the only peated component in the vatting; Braemar fills the other three casks.

Bottled in 2019 at 55.5%. The strength — 55.5% ABV, 111 proof — sits just under the 56.4% of the 2018 edition, and the 2020 bottling kept it unchanged.

1,556 bottles. Seven casks yielded 1,556 bottles, about a quarter more than the 1,235 of the first edition.

Nº 02

Barley at Chichibu

Floor maltings · Local farms

Chichibu built a floor maltings on its own site, and barley grown by farmers around the town supplies part of the malt it uses. From there the process runs through washbacks of Mizunara oak and two small copper stills from Forsyths before the spirit goes into cask. The 2019 US Edition carries that interest in raw material onto the label, naming the barley behind every cask.

Nº 03

The Seven Casks

Grouped by barley

Two casks

Tipple, floor malted

Whisky distilled from Tipple barley germinated on a malting floor.

Three casks

Braemar

The largest group in the vatting.

Two casks

Concerto, peated

The source of the vatting's peat.

Nº 04

Sensory Profile & Strategy

Published note & position

Sensory Profile

High Road Spirits' note for this edition describes a textured, house-style Chichibu with a faint toasted-biscuit aroma. On the palate it starts dry and sharp before moving into very ripe grape and clean bourbon-cask notes, and it closes cleanly, sweet only at the edges.

Strategic Position

The 2019 bottle sits between two very different neighbors: the 56.4% opening edition of 2018, defined by its casks, and the 2020 follow-up peated to 30 ppm, which made peat the subject of a whole release. Barley varieties first appeared on the US Edition label with this bottle, and its two peated Concerto casks point toward the year that followed.

Nº 05

Collector Note & Index

Vault provenance

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A barley map on the box

The label sets out the seven casks in a margin column — Tipple marked floor malted, Braemar, Concerto marked peated — beside the distillery's history, with the edition name and 秩父 in silver foil.

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Floor malting in the vatting

The two Tipple casks hold the floor-malted part of the vatting, a malting method Chichibu also uses on its own site.

Collector IndexUS EDITION 2019

Brand: Ichiro's Malt
Distillery: Chichibu, Saitama, Japan
Edition: The US Edition 2019
Barley: Braemar · Tipple · Concerto
Strength: 55.5% ABV · 111 Proof
Outturn: 1,556 bottles

Other bottles from Japan are on our shelf of Japanese malt and blended whisky.

Nº 06

Technical Specifications

Specification	Detail
Class	Single Malt Whisky
Brand	Ichiro's Malt
Distillery	Chichibu Distillery (Venture Whisky Ltd.)
Region	Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Edition	The US Edition 2019, second of the annual US Editions
Barley	Braemar, peated Concerto and floor-malted Tipple
Casks	Seven: three Braemar, two Concerto (peated), two Tipple (floor malted)
ABV	55.5%
Proof	111
Format	750 mL
Outturn	1,556 bottles

Nº 07

Records & Assurance

Production Methodology

Each of the seven casks began with one barley variety: Tipple that had been floor malted, Braemar, or Concerto malted with peat. The 2019 US Edition brings the three strands together at 55.5% ABV and records on the box which barley filled which cask.

Authentication & Vault Preservation

Every bottle sold through Midnight Whiskey is sourced as an authentic, sealed product and inspected before it ships. Orders are packed with padded, glass-rated handling and require an adult signature (21+) on delivery; we do not ship to anyone unable to verify legal drinking age. For our full sourcing and handling protocols, see our editorial and authentication standards.

Frequently Asked Questions

What proof is Chichibu The US Edition 2019?

Ichiro's Malt bottled the 2019 Chichibu US Edition at 55.5% ABV, which works out to 111 proof on the US scale, in a 750 mL bottle. It was the second year of Chichibu Distillery's US Edition series.

What barley is in Chichibu The US Edition 2019?

The 2019 US Edition combines whisky made from three barley varieties: Braemar, Concerto that was peated, and Tipple that was floor malted. Chichibu Distillery lists every cask on the box label by the barley it holds.

Is Chichibu The US Edition 2019 peated?

Only in part. Chichibu Distillery made the 2019 US Edition from Braemar, floor-malted Tipple and Concerto barley, and its label identifies the Concerto as peated. The 2020 US Edition that followed carried the word Peated on its label.

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