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Salud hosts Chichibu Daikokuten launch
The Dutch arm of Salud Spirits held an official launch event on 8 December for the penultimate release of the Chichibu 7even Gods of Fortune series.
The event, held at Salud’s headquarters in Uden, the Netherlands, was attended by a select group of customers and business partners.
Guests were treated to a lunch by Jermain de Rozario, head chef at Dutch restaurant De Rozario, located in Helmond.
Between the courses, Salud’s brand ambassador Martijn van Opstal presented the company’s whiskies bottled in 2024 and exclusive cask releases planned for 2025.
The six whiskies served included Chichibu Red Wine Cask 2023, Fukurokuju single cask 2024, and, the latest edition, Daikokuten single cask.
The upcoming 2025 whisky releases unveiled were Chichibu M&G Symphony Allegro and Allargando, and Akkeshi Claude x Salud friendship cask.
The sixth release in Salud’s 7even Gods of Fortune series, Daikokuten, is a nine-year-old heavily peated single malt from Japanese distillery Chichibu, aged in a second-fill Bourbon barrel.
Bottled at 61.9% ABV, the barrel yielded only 187 bottles – now available exclusively at specialised liquor stores in Salud’s markets across the Netherlands and Austria.
The final edition of the 7even Gods series will be released in 2025.
At the event, Lieke van Vliet, CEO of Salud, announced that the last release would be a “very special cask” of Chichibu.
In the past month, Salud’s Austrian arm released a 12-year-old Loch Lomond whisky aged in a Madeira hogshead cask and a limited edition Kavalan Solist Vinho Barrique.
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