- Nose: 22 Palate: 23 Finish: 23 Balance: 23 Total: 91
- Nose: Gentle peat
- Palate: Peaty vanilla, sugar maple and toasted almonds
- Finish: Long - Briny, sugary peat and vanilla
- Type: Single Malt
- Age: 3
- ABV: 59.1%
- Distiller: Akkeshi
- Where made: Akkeshi, Hokkaido JAPAN
- Region: Japan
- Approximate Price: $150
- Value: GOOD
Tasted at 2024 Saratoga Whiskey Club Annual Dinner - Tasting # 169. This single-cask whisky was distilled in 2018 at Akkeshi Distillery (Founded in 2016), matured for 3 years in a first-fill ex-bourbon barrel and bottled in 2024 by independent bottler Adelphi. Question: If it's a 3-year-old whisky distilled in 2018 and bottled in 2024, what did it do for the other three years?