The White Oak distillery is perhaps the least known of Japan’ whisky producers. The distillery was founded in 1888 to produce sake, and because of this, has a legitimate claim to being the country’s oldest whisky producer. In 1919, Eigashima Shuzo obtained a license to make whisky — four years before Yamazaki was built. This White Oak Akashi was matured in a bourbon barrel and bottled 3 years after. If you want to try something truly exotic with a limited number of bottles ever released, then this is the bottle for you.