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Ichiro’s Malt Mizunara Wood Reserve 秩父 金葉
阿久一郎（Ichiro Akuto）於2008年成立了秩父釀酒廠，他的家人自17世紀以來一直從事蒸餾酒的生產。他的祖父是現已關閉但頗受尊敬的羽生釀酒廠的創始人。
2008年肥土伊知郎選在祖父創建的蒸餾所(羽生蒸餾所在2004年關廠，遺留下來約400桶原酒被肥土伊知郎籌措資金買下) 附近建了一個超迷你的蒸餾所，只有兩隻高度不超過3公尺購自蘇格蘭的蒸餾器，生產的數量當然少,又以出生產細緻，柔順的威士忌酒為目標,當作是向祖父致敬的象徵，數量少到被記者稱為手造威士忌Craft whiskey。
The eponymous brand name refers to Ichiro Akuto – grandson of the founder of the fabled Hanyu distillery (which shuttered production in 2000). Ichiro later founded the Chichibu distillery nearby, and managed to save a number of Hanyu casks. His “Ichiro’s Malt” series typically involve vattings of both old Hanyu stock and new Chichibu production.
The Mizunara Wood Reserve (MWR) is distinctive because it is a vatting of malts that have all been aged in Japanese Mizunara oak casks (Quercus mongolica). There is an interesting article on Nonjatta that describes the influence of this type of oak on Japanese whisky.
在2010年生產了一批以紅葉,金葉,綠葉,名為Ichiro’s Malt 的麥芽威士忌，及白葉、褐葉的調和威士忌。這批酒中加入了適當比例的祖父所留下的400桶酒中的幾桶，更讓三代人的心血融合為一。
Ichiro’s Malt Mizunara Wood Reserve MWR 未經冷卻的無色威士忌酒在 Mizunara 酒桶中陳釀，這是日本人開發的一種方法，結果證明，即使是蘇格蘭人，如今也是如此！這是一郎釀酒廠所期望的最高品質的東西。
將秩父與羽生蒸餾廠的原酒調和後放入日本水楢桶中二次熟成，若隱若現的泥煤風格將隨著時間變化出更多複雜而厚重的風味，Mizunara =水楢，是日本北方專有的橡木桶，量少值優，在水楢桶高漲的情況下，這款算術是性價比很高的水楢桶威士忌。
Ichiro’s Malt Mizunara Wood Reserve 秩父 金葉
金葉:Ichiro’s malt MWR (Mizunara Wood Reaerve) 水楢木純麥威士忌
混調新舊酒後在日本水楢木桶中熟成，是酒友爭相想一親芳澤的清香型威士忌。
容量:700ml
酒精度:46%
Master of Malt 的品飲報告:
香氣:蜂蜜、烤吐司、微甜的青檸、葡萄柚香味
口感: 微辛、濃郁的太妃糖.果香、麥芽及蜂蜜味明顯
尾韻:帶點甜味的微辛感
Ichiro Akuto founded the Chichibu Distillery as recently as 2008, but his family has been involved in distilling sprits since the 17th Century. In 1941 his grandfather was the founder of the now closed but revered Hanyu Distillery. Ichiro worked for Suntory for many years and used that knowledge to build his own distillery a decade ago in the Saitama Prefecture in the village of Chichibu. This single cask release of Malt & Grain leaves little to the imagination as to its contents, of course.
Red fruits. Watered down red table wine.
Some exotic wood, probably a large tree that’s been choped down, but also some smaller bushes and shrubberies still in the ground with new sprung leaves.
Very gentle, so little wrong that it feels engineered, “Made in Japan” probably mean that it is. However that perfectionism is exactly what makes it lack that enthusiastic spark.
「根據香港法律，不得在業務過程中，向未成年人售賣或供應令人醺醉的酒類」
”Under the law of Hong Kong, intoxicating liquor must not be sold or supplied to a minor in the course of business.”
