AKKESHI 2018 Bourbon Peated Single Cask

A thick and maritime fog. A salty and pure air. Rich peat deposits. Welcome to Japanese Islay.

Founded in 2016 by Keiichi Toita, Akkeshi is the second distillery built on the island of Hokkaido in northern Japan. Cradled by sea spray and surrounded by the Bekan-Beushi bogs, Akkeshi places a particular emphasis in handcrafting a peaty malt inspired by the Scottish whiskies of the island of Islay.

The resemblance to Islay does not end there, as the Akkeshi community is not unlike the one of Islay, which rallies behind their whisky, present in many local shops. The distillery also has the will to make a 100% Japanese whisky, but more specifically 100% Akkeshi : it can draw from the peat bogs located only a few kilometers away. The Mizunara oak grows there in abundance and finally, the distillery encourages the neighboring farmers to produce local barley for their whisky.

It is this very essence of Akkeshi that we find in this Single Cask, carefully selected by the House of Whisky. Distilled in 2018 and aged only in Bourbon casks, it perfectly transcribes the peat and salinity brought by the umigiri (sea breeze) and the sea wind.

Full and generous. Iodine, citrus fruits, honey.