Description

Nagahama Distillery New Make 59° Heavily Peated 500ml 59%

Sitting at 45ppm—the same peat level of Laphroaig!—the makers of Nagahama Roman Beer, on the shores of Shiga prefecture’s Lake Biwa, kicked off their whisky distillery in late 2016 with two 400-Litre Alembic stills from Portuguese fabricators Hoga Stills and utilizing the wort, mash-tun and other equipment already in place at their brewery.
Nose: Campfire smoke, melon skins, butter pears, damp hessian, raw wool, baker’s yeast.
Palate: Chewy, eau-de-vie-ish, barley-ish, caramel, roasted-chestnuts, leaves, corn, thick Manuka honey. Medicinal peat.
Finish: Medium, with excellent sweeter yeasts