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Akkeshi Smoke

Japanese Single Malt Hokkaido
Age
No age statement
ABV
55%
Filtration
Non-chill-filtered
Flavour Fingerprint
Malt Light Fruit Citrus Floral Herbal Spice Sweet Dark Fruit Nutty Earth Maritime Smoke / Peat

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Flavour profile is AI-assisted and still being refined.

Tasting

How it drinks

Sight
Rich mahogany with subtle copper reflections, medium body evident in the glass.
Nose
Prominent peaty smoke with medicinal notes and subtle seaweed character. Beneath lies sweet caramel, vanilla cream, and a hint of toasted oak with faint iodine undertones.
Palate
Full-bodied with robust peat smoke, warming spice, and charred oak. Subtle sweetness of toffee and honey balances the smoke, with a distinctive saline minerality that reflects Hokkaido's terroir.
Finish
Long, smoky finish with lingering iodine, sea salt, and warm spice that gradually fades into charred wood and subtle sweetness.

Tasting notes are AI-assisted and still being refined.

Maturation

The wood it came through

  • ex-bourbon barrels

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