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}\n.mw-master-container .mw-signoff-row{ display:flex; justify-content:space-between; align-items:baseline;\n  gap:16px; flex-wrap:wrap; padding-top:20px; }\n@media (max-width:768px){\n  .mw-master-container .mw-wrap{ padding:0 24px; }\n  .mw-master-container .mw-points{ grid-template-columns:1fr; }\n}\n\u003c\/style\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-master-container\"\u003e\n\n  \u003cdiv class=\"mw-hero\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"mw-wrap\"\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"mw-topbar\"\u003e\n        \u003cspan class=\"mw-tag mw-tag-a\"\u003eMidnight Whiskey · The Vault\u003c\/span\u003e\n        \u003cspan class=\"mw-tag mw-tag-m\"\u003eLightly Peated Single Malt · The Mark Twain Label\u003c\/span\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"mw-masthead\"\u003e\n        \u003cp class=\"mw-kicker\"\u003eIchiro's Malt · Chichibu · Saitama, Japan\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003ch2 class=\"mw-title\"\u003eIchiro's Malt Chichibu\u003c\/h2\u003e\n        \u003cdiv class=\"mw-city-title\"\u003eThe US Edition 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n        \u003cp class=\"mw-subline\"\u003eLightly Peated · 52.5% ABV · 105 Proof · 700 mL\u003c\/p\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"mw-rule mw-hero-rule\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"mw-stats\"\u003e\n        \u003cdiv class=\"mw-stat\"\u003e\n          \u003cdiv class=\"mw-stat-n\"\u003e16\u003c\/div\u003e\n          \u003cdiv class=\"mw-stat-l\"\u003eBarrels\u003c\/div\u003e\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n        \u003cdiv class=\"mw-stat\"\u003e\n          \u003cdiv class=\"mw-stat-n\"\u003e5–9\u003c\/div\u003e\n          \u003cdiv class=\"mw-stat-l\"\u003eYears in Cask\u003c\/div\u003e\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n        \u003cdiv class=\"mw-stat\"\u003e\n          \u003cdiv class=\"mw-stat-n\"\u003e52.5\u003csmall\u003e%\u003c\/small\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n          \u003cdiv class=\"mw-stat-l\"\u003eABV\u003c\/div\u003e\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n        \u003cdiv class=\"mw-stat\"\u003e\n          \u003cdiv class=\"mw-stat-n\"\u003e105\u003c\/div\u003e\n          \u003cdiv class=\"mw-stat-l\"\u003eProof\u003c\/div\u003e\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n        \u003cdiv class=\"mw-stat\"\u003e\n          \u003cdiv class=\"mw-stat-n\"\u003e700\u003csmall\u003emL\u003c\/small\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n          \u003cdiv class=\"mw-stat-l\"\u003eFormat\u003c\/div\u003e\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n        \u003cdiv class=\"mw-stat\"\u003e\n          \u003cdiv class=\"mw-stat-n\"\u003e8th\u003c\/div\u003e\n          \u003cdiv class=\"mw-stat-l\"\u003eAnnual Edition\u003c\/div\u003e\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"speakable\"\u003e\n        \u003cp class=\"mw-lede\"\u003eFor 2025 Chichibu put beer casks back at the center of its US Edition: ex-IPA and ex-imperial stout casks beside ex-bourbon barrels, sixteen in all, holding lightly peated whisky five to nine years old. Ichiro's Malt Chichibu The US Edition 2025 was bottled at 52.5% ABV, 105 proof, and its label shows Mark Twain raising a dram, a Mississippi steamboat behind him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003cdiv class=\"mw-wrap mw-section\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"mw-chap\"\u003e\n      \u003cspan class=\"mw-chap-no\"\u003eNº 01\u003c\/span\u003e\n      \u003ch2 class=\"mw-h3\"\u003eThe Elemental Distinction\u003c\/h2\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"mw-points\"\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"mw-point\"\u003e\n        \u003cb\u003e01\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBeer-cask maturation.\u003c\/strong\u003e High Road Spirits describes the edition as focused on beer-cask maturation, meant to bring the tropical, hoppy character of IPA and imperial stout to Chichibu's fruit-forward spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"mw-point\"\u003e\n        \u003cb\u003e02\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThree kinds of barrel.\u003c\/strong\u003e Ex-bourbon barrels, ex-IPA casks and ex-imperial stout casks make up the sixteen in the vatting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"mw-point\"\u003e\n        \u003cb\u003e03\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLightly peated.\u003c\/strong\u003e The malt was lightly peated — between the heavily peated 2023 edition and the unpeated 2024.\u003c\/p\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"mw-point\"\u003e\n        \u003cb\u003e04\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFive to nine years.\u003c\/strong\u003e The whisky in the sixteen barrels was five to nine years old, bottled without an age statement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"mw-point\"\u003e\n        \u003cb\u003e05\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThird in a run of scenes.\u003c\/strong\u003e Mark Twain follows Commodore Perry in 2023 and Steamboat Willie in 2024 as the figure in the imagined scene on the US Edition label.\u003c\/p\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003cdiv class=\"mw-dark-band\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"mw-wrap\"\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"mw-chap\"\u003e\n        \u003cspan class=\"mw-chap-no\"\u003eNº 02\u003c\/span\u003e\n        \u003ch2 class=\"mw-h3\"\u003eMark Twain and the River\u003c\/h2\u003e\n        \u003cspan class=\"mw-chap-r\"\u003eThe 2025 label\u003c\/span\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cp class=\"mw-bodycopy\"\u003eSamuel Langhorne Clemens took the name Mark Twain from the steamboat term for two fathoms — twelve feet of water, the depth a riverboat needed to run safely — and the steamboat behind him on the 2025 label puts him back on that river. High Road Spirits introduces Twain as the father of modern American literature, the author of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and, late in life, an outspoken anti-imperialist; the label continues the imagined scenes the 2023 and 2024 editions began.\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003cdiv class=\"mw-wrap mw-section\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"mw-chap\"\u003e\n      \u003cspan class=\"mw-chap-no\"\u003eNº 03\u003c\/span\u003e\n      \u003ch2 class=\"mw-h3\"\u003eCask Composition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n      \u003cspan class=\"mw-chap-r\"\u003eSixteen barrels, three kinds\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"mw-casks\"\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"mw-cask\"\u003e\n        \u003cdiv class=\"mw-cask-k\"\u003eEx-IPA\u003c\/div\u003e\n        \u003ch3\u003eIPA casks\u003c\/h3\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eCasks that had held India pale ale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"mw-cask\"\u003e\n        \u003cdiv class=\"mw-cask-k\"\u003eEx-stout\u003c\/div\u003e\n        \u003ch3\u003eImperial stout casks\u003c\/h3\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eCasks that had held imperial stout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"mw-cask\"\u003e\n        \u003cdiv class=\"mw-cask-k\"\u003eBourbon\u003c\/div\u003e\n        \u003ch3\u003eEx-bourbon barrels\u003c\/h3\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe bourbon wood beside the beer casks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003cdiv class=\"mw-dark-band\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"mw-wrap\"\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"mw-chap\"\u003e\n        \u003cspan class=\"mw-chap-no\"\u003eNº 04\u003c\/span\u003e\n        \u003ch2 class=\"mw-h3\"\u003eSensory Profile \u0026amp; Strategy\u003c\/h2\u003e\n        \u003cspan class=\"mw-chap-r\"\u003eAle-cask notes \u0026amp; position\u003c\/span\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"mw-acts speakable\"\u003e\n        \u003cdiv class=\"mw-act\"\u003e\n          \u003cdiv class=\"mw-act-n\"\u003eI\u003c\/div\u003e\n          \u003ch3\u003eSensory Profile\u003c\/h3\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003eHigh Road Spirits' and Skurnik's note for 2025 lists candied orange peel, dried pineapple and vanilla pastry cream against a line of hop bitterness, and compares the whisky's lift to an ale matured in wood. Skurnik credits the IPA and imperial stout casks with tropical fruit and deep coffee notes over the distillery's fruity house character.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n        \u003cdiv class=\"mw-act\"\u003e\n          \u003cdiv class=\"mw-act-n\"\u003eII\u003c\/div\u003e\n          \u003ch3\u003eStrategic Position\u003c\/h3\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003eThe 2025 bottling keeps the 52.5% of \u003ca href=\"\/products\/chichibu-us-edition-2024\" class=\"mw-accent\"\u003ethe unpeated 2024 vatting with two floor-malted barrels\u003c\/a\u003e, adds a light peat, and brings back the IPA and imperial stout casks that sat at the heart of the 2022 edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003cdiv class=\"mw-wrap mw-section\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"mw-chap\"\u003e\n      \u003cspan class=\"mw-chap-no\"\u003eNº 05\u003c\/span\u003e\n      \u003ch2 class=\"mw-h3\"\u003eCollector Note \u0026amp; Index\u003c\/h2\u003e\n      \u003cspan class=\"mw-chap-r\"\u003eVault provenance\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"mw-prov\"\u003e\n      \u003cdiv\u003e\n        \u003cdiv class=\"mw-feat\"\u003e\n          \u003cdiv class=\"mw-feat-head\"\u003e\n            \u003cspan class=\"mw-feat-ico\"\u003e→\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ch3\u003eTwain on the river\u003c\/h3\u003e\n          \u003c\/div\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003eA navy frame holds the 2025 label: US EDITION 2025 and the name on a cream band, a one-line quotation about whisky, then Mark Twain in a white suit and bow tie raising a dram while a two-stacked steamboat smokes on the river behind him and a bearded companion with a topknot, facing him, holds the bottle; 秩父 is set in black and the emblem in gold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n        \u003cdiv class=\"mw-feat\"\u003e\n          \u003cdiv class=\"mw-feat-head\"\u003e\n            \u003cspan class=\"mw-feat-ico\"\u003e→\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ch3\u003e700 mL, as in 2021–2024\u003c\/h3\u003e\n          \u003c\/div\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003eHigh Road Spirits and Skurnik both list the 2025 edition at 700 mL, the size of each US Edition from 2021 through 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv\u003e\n        \u003cdiv class=\"mw-index\"\u003e\n          \u003cdiv class=\"mw-index-head\"\u003e\n            \u003cspan class=\"mw-il\"\u003eCollector Index\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"mw-ir\"\u003eUS EDITION 2025\u003c\/span\u003e\n          \u003c\/div\u003e\n          \u003cdl class=\"mw-index-grid\"\u003e\n            \u003cdt\u003eBrand\u003c\/dt\u003e\n            \u003cdd\u003eIchiro's Malt\u003c\/dd\u003e\n            \u003cdt\u003eDistillery\u003c\/dt\u003e\n            \u003cdd\u003eChichibu, Saitama, Japan\u003c\/dd\u003e\n            \u003cdt\u003eEdition\u003c\/dt\u003e\n            \u003cdd\u003eThe US Edition 2025\u003c\/dd\u003e\n            \u003cdt\u003eCasks\u003c\/dt\u003e\n            \u003cdd\u003eEx-bourbon · ex-IPA · ex-imperial stout\u003c\/dd\u003e\n            \u003cdt\u003ePeat\u003c\/dt\u003e\n            \u003cdd\u003eLightly peated\u003c\/dd\u003e\n            \u003cdt\u003eStrength\u003c\/dt\u003e\n            \u003cdd\u003e52.5% ABV · 105 Proof\u003c\/dd\u003e\n          \u003c\/dl\u003e\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n        \u003cp class=\"mw-hublink\"\u003eChichibu's First Ten sits with Yamazaki, Hibiki and the rest of \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/japanese-whisky\" class=\"mw-accent\"\u003ethe vault's Japan shelf, from Chichibu to Fuji\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003cdiv class=\"mw-dark-band\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"mw-wrap\"\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"mw-chap\"\u003e\n        \u003cspan class=\"mw-chap-no\"\u003eNº 06\u003c\/span\u003e\n        \u003ch2 class=\"mw-h3\"\u003eTechnical Specifications\u003c\/h2\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"mw-table-box\"\u003e\n        \u003ctable class=\"mw-table\"\u003e\n          \u003cthead\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eSpecification\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eDetail\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/thead\u003e\n          \u003ctbody\u003e\n          \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eClass\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSingle Malt Whisky\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n          \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBrand\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIchiro's Malt\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n          \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDistillery\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eChichibu Distillery (Venture Whisky Ltd.)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n          \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRegion\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eChichibu, Saitama Prefecture, Japan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n          \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEdition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe US Edition 2025, eighth of the annual US Editions\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n          \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePeat\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLightly peated\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n          \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCask \/ Barrel\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEx-bourbon barrels, ex-IPA casks and ex-imperial stout casks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n          \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCasks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSixteen\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n          \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAge\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eComponents aged 5 to 9 years\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n          \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eABV\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e52.5%\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n          \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eProof\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e105\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n          \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e700 mL\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n          \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFiltration\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNon-chill-filtered\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n          \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eColoring\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNo added coloring\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n        \u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003cdiv class=\"mw-wrap mw-section\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"mw-chap\"\u003e\n      \u003cspan class=\"mw-chap-no\"\u003eNº 07\u003c\/span\u003e\n      \u003ch2 class=\"mw-h3\"\u003eRecords \u0026amp; Assurance\u003c\/h2\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdetails\u003e\n      \u003csummary\u003eProduction Methodology\u003c\/summary\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"details-content\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eLightly peated malted barley was fermented for 100 hours in Mizunara oak washbacks and double distilled in Forsyths copper pot stills. The spirit then spent five to nine years in sixteen barrels — ex-bourbon, ex-IPA and ex-imperial stout — before Chichibu vatted them and bottled the 2025 US Edition at 52.5% ABV, non-chill-filtered, with no added coloring.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003c\/details\u003e\n    \u003cdetails\u003e\n      \u003csummary\u003eAuthentication \u0026amp; Vault Preservation\u003c\/summary\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"details-content\"\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eEvery 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 \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/authentication-standards\" class=\"mw-accent\"\u003eour editorial and authentication standards\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003c\/details\u003e\n    \u003cdetails\u003e\n      \u003csummary\u003eFrequently Asked Questions\u003c\/summary\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"details-content\"\u003e\n      \u003ch3 class=\"mw-q\"\u003eIs that Mark Twain on the Chichibu US Edition 2025 label?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003eYes. The 2025 Chichibu US Edition label shows Mark Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, enjoying a dram of Ichiro's Malt with a Mississippi steamboat behind him. It is the third US Edition label to show an imagined scene, after Commodore Matthew Perry in 2023 and Steamboat Willie in 2024.\u003c\/p\u003e\n      \u003ch3 class=\"mw-q\"\u003eWhat beer casks were used for Chichibu The US Edition 2025?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003eIchiro's Malt matured the 2025 Chichibu US Edition partly in casks that had held IPA and imperial stout, alongside ex-bourbon barrels. The lightly peated whisky spent five to nine years in that wood before it was bottled at 52.5% ABV.\u003c\/p\u003e\n      \u003ch3 class=\"mw-q\"\u003eIs Chichibu The US Edition 2025 a 700 mL bottle?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003eYes. Chichibu The US Edition 2025 comes in a 700 mL bottle, the size its importer, High Road Spirits, and its distributor, Skurnik, list for it. Every US Edition from 2021 through 2025 used the 700 mL size.\u003c\/p\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003c\/details\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003cdiv class=\"mw-wrap mw-signoff\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"mw-rule\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"mw-signoff-row\"\u003e\n      \u003cspan class=\"mw-tag mw-tag-a\"\u003eMidnight Whiskey · The Vault\u003c\/span\u003e\n      \u003cspan class=\"mw-tag mw-tag-m\"\u003eIchiro's Malt Chichibu · The US Edition 2025\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n","brand":"Chichibu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68767546343458,"sku":null,"price":249.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0812\/5566\/1602\/files\/image10_d9bd49b6-e9d5-4bc5-9291-93c856f47ef0.jpg?v=1792190129","url":"https:\/\/www.midnightwhiskey.com\/products\/chichibu-us-edition-2025","provider":"Midnight Whiskey","version":"1.0","type":"link"}