I picked up this tasty Japanese whisky in Paris and believe it is the same blended whisky that Ian Buxton refers to in 101 World Whiskies to Try Before You Die as “White Oak”. This expression comes from the White Oak distillery from city of Akashi. It comes in the “cough syrup” bottle Ian refers to and the label refers to the Eigashima brewery founded in 1679. If it isn’t exactly the same the whisky (it doesn’t look like the picture in the book) it is as close as I am likely to get! The nose is fruity and sweet with a hint of oak. The taste has apples and spice; like a baked apple with cloves, and caramel. The finish has the spice from the taste along with more sweet wood notes, cedar perhaps.
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