Established in 1888 in the small village of Eigashima in the city of Akashi, the White Oak (or Eigashima Shuzo) distillery was the first in Japan to obtain a license for whiskey production, as early as 1919. The White Oak distillery is also the the only one in Japan to be located on the coast, in a small village overlooking the Seto Sea. Before obtaining the distillery license, White Oak was known in Japan for the production of sake and shochu, but starting in the 1960s, it equipped itself with a pair of copper stills to produce its first labels of whiskey . If initially the whiskeys produced were exclusively blends, including the first Akashi, over the years the demand has increased and the range has been enriched and a new distillery has been built with 2 larger stills, dedicated exclusively to whiskey. Today, White Oak produces not only different varieties of blended whiskey, such as Akashi Meïsei, or Tokinoka, but also excellent single malt whiskeys, such as Akashi Single Malt Whiskey, produced in extremely limited quantities and available on Wine. com.

Whiskey White Oak

White Oak whiskey is produced in a seaside location, which enjoys a mild climate, with hot summers, mild winters and little rain. The ingredients that guarantee a very high quality are pure water from a well inside the distillery, together with the skill and attention to detail in the production process. In the White Oak whiskey range we remember the first blended whiskey of the White Oak distillery, the Akashi Blended Whiskey, produced only with single malt whiskey, but also the Akashi Meïsei, or "celebrity", a blended whiskey with a sweet and spicy taste. The Tokinoka Blended Whiskey White Oak is instead a blend of various Akashi single malt whiskeys, which opens on the nose with a scent of apricot and dried fruit. Another particularly fine whiskey is Akashi Single Malt Whiskey White Oak, produced in extremely limited quantities and composed of single malts aged in different barrels from 4 to 7 years.