Ichiro's Malt Double Distilleries 2021 Caol Ila Eucalyptus hovering in the background

Eucalyptus hovering in the background

as well as single casks

and is today owned by Dewar & Sons

The title of this project is appropriated from Pablo Neruda’s Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada (Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair)

Ichiro's Malt Double Distilleries 2021 Caol Ila Eucalyptus hovering in the backgroundMr Ichiro Akuto has an interesting link to three of Japan's most famous distilleries, two lost, and one thriving. The Akuto family has a long tradition of distilling, starting with sake around Saitama since the 17th century. It was Ichiro's grandfather who, around 1946 founded the Hanyu distillery (), which was dedicated to the craft of whisky distilling true to Scottish traditions. Unfortunately, Hanyu fell on hard times and closed around 2004, with