Akashi (White Oak) Single Malt Whiskey / 46% / 0.5l
- White Oak Distillery is located in the city of Akashi in Hyogo prefecture (west of Kobe). It was built in 1984 by Eigashima Shuzo, the company founded in 1888, producer of traditional Japanese spirits, sake and shōchu.
Product description
White Oak Distillery is located in the town of Akashi in Hyogo Prefecture.
It was built in 1984 by Eigashima Shuzo, a company that had obtained a license to distill whisky in 1919, four years before the Yamazaki distillery was built. Eigashima Shuzo's main source of income is still sake and shōchu, and whisky is currently distilled seven months of the year. White Oak single malt is distilled from malt with a minimal concentration of phenols (around 5 ppm) and aged in bourbon, sherry and brandy barrels for four to seven years.
Aroma: light and slightly subdued, barley malt, vanilla, cotton candy, lemon and orange peel, traces of peat and spices.
Palate: light and mild, breakfast cereal, vanilla, brown sugar, toffee, apples, mixed herbal spices, allspice and oak.
Finish: not too long, with notes of sweet cereal, a mix of herbal spices, vanilla and oak.