AKKESHI - Bourbon Peated Single Cask - Vintage 2018 - 58%
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.
This edition has been selected by La Maison du Whisky. This Single Malt was distilled in 2018 and aged entirely in a single cask that contained Bourbon .
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