Kilchoman USA Small Batch No. 7

Cask types: 70 % Bourbon Barrels / 25 % STR Cask / 5 % Oloroso Sherry Cask

Age: NAS

Date Bottled: May 2022

Strength: 50,0 % abv

Level of Phenols in malted barley: 50 ppm

Number of bottles: 1.278

Bottle volume: 0,75 l

Barcode: 8 92032 04557 5

Market: USA

.

With the series of Small Batch Releases for Selected Markets, which was launched in 2019 and discontinued at the end of 2023, Kilchoman showcased its experimental side. Each individual batch was created specifically for individual export markets and demonstrated the influence of different cask types on the maturation of Kilchoman whisky.

The basis of each bottling was an already finished Machir Bay vatting or Machir Bay Collaborative Vatting, i.e. a whisky with 46% alcohol strength, which has previously been matured for 3-5 years mainly in bourbon casks and 5-15% in Oloroso sherry casks. This vatting was then married with an additional special cask.

In September 2022, the US Kilchoman importer ImpEx Beverages already released the “USA Small Batch No. 7”. The series was obviously very popular in the USA and was much promoted by the importer there.
For the first time in a USA Small Batch, the additional cask was an STR Cask (Shaved, Toasted and Ex-charred ex-Red Wine Cask). The proportions were given as 70% Bourbon, 5% Oloroso sherry and 25% STR.

.