White Oak Akashi Single Malt

Chris bought me this in Japan. Not as nice as other Japanese Single Malts. Not too Peaty but a bit alcoholic on the tongue. Not really much after taste.

Nose - Initially very little alcohol, clean crisp floral pear-pineapple sweet/sour, green hay, riesling/moscato sweet, faint plum wine made from sour green plums. Taste - Toasted barley cereal, toasted rice at the bottom of a stone pot, toasted sour green apple skins, almost like a sour lambic apple cider made entirely with apple skins because it's lightly bitter. Finish - Light medicinal finish, lingering sour, almost like an overoaked riesling in that it's a bit sour, but also sweet. A tiny bit bitter like that of apple skins, but that fades. Score - 67/100 Final Thoughts - So initially the nose on this wasn't that bad, it wasn't great, but it wasn't off-putting either. On first sip my initial reaction was that it tasted like a liquefied version of toasted barley cereal in that it tasted exactly like a sample of toasted barley I had during a distillery tour. This quickly turned to be dominated by fruity sour notes. It's not horrible, but not my favorite. I guess you might like this whisky if you're a fan of the sour lambic beers as this kind of tastes like a light version of a sour lambic beer that is mixed with diluted apple cider vinegar.