Hanyu-Kawasaki Ichiro's Malt & Grain Kiyosato Field Ballet 28th Anniversary (70cl, 48%)

This is a Japanese blended whisky vatted by Ichiro Akuto from two single casks: a 1990 Hanyu and a 1982 Kawasaki. Both distilleries are now closed. It was bottled in 2017 at 48% in a 70cl bottle. It was created to mark the 28th anniversary of the Kiyosato Field Ballet. The Hanyu cask was a refill sherry butt, and the Kawasaki grain whisky came from a Demerara rum cask. Kawasaki was a grain distillery owned by Mercian, which also owned Karuizawa, and its remaining casks were bought by Akuto in 2006. The release came to 359 bottles.