Kilchoman Machir Bay Collaborative Vatting selected by Spirit World, Omaha (Nebraska) [1st Edition 2022: 95 / 5]

Picture by Spirit World

Cask type: Bourbon Barrels (95 %), Oloroso Sherry Casks (5 %)

Age: NAS

Date Bottled: 2021

Strength: 46,0 % abv

Phenol level: 50 ppm

Bottle volume: 0,75 l

Number of bottles: 120

Market: USA

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From 2018 to 2023, Kilchoman offered local retailers the opportunity to create customised bottlings of the distillery´s flagship whisky Machir Bay with the ‘Machir Bay Collaborative Vattings’.

Deviating from the normal cask composition of Machir Bay, which consists of 90% bourbon and 10% Oloroso sherry cask-matured whisky, retailers could choose between four different variants with slightly altered proportions for the Collaborative Vattings: 95% bourbon / 5% sherry, 92.5% bourbon / 7.5% sherry, 87.5% bourbon / 12.5% sherry or 85% bourbon / 15% sherry cask-matured whisky. As with the ‘normal’ Machir Bay bottlings, the alcohol content was 46%. The boxes and bottles in the usual Machir Bay design were labelled with an individual sticker from the retailer.

The liquor store Spirit World in Omaha, Nebraska, released an MCBV bottling with 5% sherry for the first time in 2022. This was followed by another with 12.5% sherry in autumn 2023.

At the release party on 5 March 2022 at Spirit World, guests were able to taste 26 different Kilchoman whiskies (!).

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