A pilgrimage, with bartenders from other prefectures and people who run distilleries of their own: we went to Chichibu. And at Ichiro’s Malt, the name leading Japanese whisky today, they let us try floor malting ourselves. For someone in their corner the way I am, that’s a once-in-a-lifetime piece of luck. I don’t have words … Continue reading Floor Malting at Chichibu: A Pilgrimage to the Home of Ichiro’s Malt