AKASHI SINGLE MALT

The city of Akashi in the Hyogo Prefecture of Japan is the home of the Akashi distillery, which obtained its distillery licence in 1919 (four years before Yamazaki was built). It was founded by Eigashima Shuzo in 1888 to produce sake, and in 1984 the White Oak Distillery was created.

This particular expression by the White Oak Distillery is a single malt whisky. It is a no age statement whisky which is a blend of 7 year old, 5 year old and four year old malt whiskies which have been drawn from three types of oak cask.