Akashi 2018 Heavily Peated 3 Year Old - Ghost Series #18 (50cl, 62.00%)

Akashi 2018 Heavily Peated 3 Year Old - Ghost Series #18 is a single malt whisky from Eigashima (Japan). Aged 3 years, bottled at 62.00% ABV, 50cl. Matured in 2 x first-fill bourbon casks. This is the eighteenth in the Yoshitorshi Ghost Series, a selection 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. This heavily-peated edition was matured in two first fill bourbon casks. 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.