Akkeshi 2022 - Taisetsu - The Great Snowfall

The Akkeshi distillery, which only began operations around eight years ago with two Forsyths pot stills, is already a success story. Like its role models on the whisky island of Islay, the distillery from the Hokkaido region is located directly on the sea—just a few meters from the Pacific Ocean. Surrounded by swamps, it also has direct access to the local peat, through which the water for production flows.

Akkeshi's "24 Solar Term Series" is modeled on the ancient Asian calendar, in which a year is divided into 24 solar years. The heavily peated Akkeshi Taisetsu 2022 is the tenth release in the series. Taisetsu represents the season when both the plains and mountains are covered in snow. Its flavor profile, characterized by orange, mandarin orange, herbs, and peat, is correspondingly cool.