Hanyu 1988 Big Butt Cask #9306

Hanyu 1988 Big Butt Cask #9306
A single cask release, bottled for Full Proof in The Netherlands and bearing an unusual label design.
Since its stills were turned off in 2000, Hanyu has become one of Japan’s most sought after single malts. An economic recession at the turn of the millennium forced the distillery to shut its doors, and the remaining casks of its unblended whisky stock were purchased by Venture Whisky, a firm established by the Hanyu distillery founder’s grandson, Ichiro Akuto, in 2004. In 2005 he bottled his first single casks under the Ichiro’s Malt label.
One of 200 bottles drawn from a “big butt” #9606.