"Akkeshi"

New Release

 【Released in April 2021】Hokkaido/Akkeshi town Limited Edition Blended Whisky (Kenen Jitsugyo, Akkeshi Distillery)

It seems that a new product will be released in April 2021 from the Akkeshi Distillery of Kenten Jitsugyo Co.
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【Review】Akkeshi Blended Whisky Usui

Released on February 28, 2021, akkeshi blended whisky usui is a gorgeous harmony of sweet and aromatic peatiness combined with the lightness of grain.
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[Review] Akkeshi Single Malt Whisky Kanro

The first work "Kanro" which made 24 seasons into a series. A blend of wine barrels, bourbon barrels, sherry barrels and Mizunara barrels.
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[Review] Akkeshi Single Malt Whisky Sarorun Kamui

Released on February 27, 2020. Akkeshi Distillery's first single malt whisky "Sarolung Kamui" has been aged for three years. A blend of 4 non-peat bourbon and sherry barrels packed in 2016, red wine barrels and peted mizunara barrels. "Sarolung Kamui" means "red-crowned crane = god in the wetlands" in Ainu language.
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[Review] Akkeshi Newborn Foundation 4

Blended aged for 13-30 months in sherry barrels. For malts, which account for more than 60%, only unwraed sake distilled and aged at Akkeshi Distillery is used. For grains, only the new make-up from Scotland is packed in barrels at Akkeshi Distillery and aged. More than 50% of the malt is made from sherry barrel-aged undulating sake.
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[REVIEW] AKKESHI NEW BORN FOUNDATION 3

Third in the Akkeshi Newborn series. More than a dozen barrels were selected and blended from the original sake aged for 8 to 23 months in Hokkaido Mizunara oak barrels. It is a superb product with a complex aroma containing citrus aromas, an oriental flavor derived from Mizunara oak, and a dense taste. 6,380 yen (tax included), on sale March 5, 2019.
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[REVIEW]AKKESHI NEW BORN FOUNDATION 2

The second in the Atsugishi Whiskey Newborn Series. Peated malt whiskey aged for 8 to 17 months in bourbon casks is batched. This is the first peated type from the Atsukishi distillery. The peated taste is combined with the saltiness brought by the sea fog and wind, and citrus flavors.
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【 Review 】Single Malt Tsunuki 2026 Edition

Hombo Shuzo's Tsunuki Distillery releases the 2026 Edition. Reviewing a single malt Japanese whisky available for under ¥10,000.
New Release

【Limited quantity available sales】Single cask Shizuoka for BAR Shinkai, available from June 20, 2025

Shizuoka Distillery, the successor to the legendary Karuizawa Distillery, releases two types of private bottles for BAR Shinkai, "Single Cask Shizuoka for BAR Shinkai," available in limited quantities from June 20, 2025 (Friday).
New Release

【JAL Limited】”Single Malt Asaka Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Cask Reserve” is now available in limited quantities through the “Advance Order Service” on international flights.

JAL's 8th level "Single Malt Asaka Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Cask Reserve" now available in limited quantities through the international in-flight "Pre-Order Service".