Akashi 2016 Tawny Port Cask 4 Year Old - Ghost Series #15 (50cl, 61.50%)

Akashi 2016 Tawny Port Cask 4 Year Old - Ghost Series #15 is a single malt whisky from Eigashima (Japan). Aged 4 years, bottled at 61.50% ABV, 50cl. Matured in tawny port cask. 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. 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.