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Akashi 2016 Tawny Port Cask 4 Year Old - Ghost Series #15
Subtitle (S1)
This is a 2016 vintage single cask, matured in tawny port cask #61966. One of 849 bottles released in 2021, this is the fourteenth in the Yoshitorshi Ghost Series of rare Japanese whiskies from Stefan Van Eycken, a whisky enthusiast and author of Whisky Rising: The Definitive Guide to the Finest Whiskies and Distillers of Japan.
Each bottle in the collection features a Yukiyo-e artwork from Yoshitoshi's New Forms of 36 Ghosts.
Distillery
Distillery status
Operational
Age
4 year old
Vintage
2016
Production Type
Single malt
Cask type
Tawny port cask
Region
Japan
Brand
Bottle count
849
Series
Distillery
Eigashima
A malt whisky distillery located in the Hyogo prefecture of Japan. Opened in 1984, it is owned by Eigashima Shuzo, a historic sake producer that first obtained a whisky license in 1919. Originally known as White Oak, the distillery was renamed in 2019 and markets its single malt as Akashi.
Founded
1984
Production type
Single malt
Brand
Akashi
A Japanese whisky brand introduced in 2007 by Eigashima Shuzo Co. It was originally devised as a means of differentiating its single malt produced at Eigashima (formerly White Oak) distillery from its blends, however now encompasses both categories.
Founded
2007
Production type
Blended whisky,
Single malt
Company
Distillery Bottling
Distillery Bottling is a term used to define a whisky bottled by the company that produced it, using the official branding of the distillery itself. This is also known as an "official bottling" or sometimes shortened to OB.
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