Akkeshi Boshu is a 100% Japanese single malt bottled by the Akkeshi distillery built in 2015 on the northernmost island of Hokkaido in the Japanese archipelago. Although it has a short maturity of about 4 years, this whisky has a gentle profile expressing great aromatic richness. On the nose we discover notes of dried fruits, milk chocolate, citrus fruits and a smell of burnt wood smoke and roasted hazelnuts. In the mouth it develops its creamy texture that accompanies aromas of citrus, cane sugar and an elegant slightly saline peat. The finish expresses notes of bitter cocoa that mix with the finesse of peat and the sweetness of citrus fruits. This edition bottled in 2021 is an assembly of peaty and non-peated malts, a small part of which comes from locally grown ryofu domestic barley. These malts were distilled in 2017 and were matured for 4 years in bourbon barrels for about 90% of them, the rest was matured in other barrels such as the famous mizunara casks. Akkeshi Boshu is the third whisky in the "24 Sekki" series inspired by the old Asian calendar where a year is divided into 24 solar seasons, each with a name and are all associated with a specific seasonal change such as the beginning of winter or the spring equinox. Boshu refers to the season of sowing cereals such as rice or barley. It is also at this time that fireflies appear by illuminating the undergrowth of Hokkaido. It is a tribute to this season that the distillery wanted to offer on the label through an image representing a volley of fireflies.