AKKESHI - Blended Whiskey - Shosho - 48%
The Akkeshi Distillery is located in Hokkaido, in rural northern Japan . It was established by Keiichi Toita , President and Representative Director of Kenten Co. Ltd. Its story begins in 2013 when the company began testing aging batches of raw spirits purchased from two existing distilleries in Japan. Construction of the distillery began in 2015; the area surrounding the Akkeshi distillery is made up of wetlands, with a layer of peat and below, soft, low ground extending up to 50 meters below the Earth's surface. It is impossible to build anything on such soil without taking special measures. For this reason, they used the Columbus construction method, which involves removing the soil from under the foundation and putting polystyrene infill in its place. A year later, Forsyths employees in Scotland visit and set up the stills and other equipment for the start of the distillation process. The team are dedicated to whiskey making using traditional Scottish distillation methods to create whiskey similar to Islay Malts. Akkeshi's first Malt was released in 2018.
Akkeshi Shosho is the fourth edition of the " 24 Solar Term Series " which is inspired by the ancient Asian calendar according to which a year is divided into 24 solar seasons. “Shosho”, meaning “summer fades” is the “Fourteenth Solar Term”: the heat subsides, a cool breeze begins to blow in the morning and evening. It is also the time of harvesting cereals and other crops. This blend of the best malts and grains from distilleries around the world is aged in several barrels (Mizunara, Bourbon and Sherry).
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