All about the Kilchoman distillery and its whiskies
Kilchoman has now announced its major annual promotional tour, which this year will be themed ‘Meat the Peat’. James and Peter Wills will be covering a particularly long distance in 2019, and have swapped the distillery’s Land Rover for more modern means of transport – the fact that Peter crashed the vehicle during last year’s European tour is, reportedly, completely […]
Read moreThe STR Cask Matured Release, launched in May 2019, has now been named ‘Best in Show’ at the Whiskies of the World Awards. Twenty-four of the world’s most renowned spirits experts judged it to be the best whisk(e)y out of hundreds of entries from Scotland, the US and around the world. The WOW award followed a Score of 91 points […]
Read moreAfter a Madeira Finish single cask bottling was released for the first time in May this year as a Distillery Shop Exclusive Release, a Madeira Cask Finish is again available for purchase at the Kilchoman Visitor Centre from today, 28 August 2019. The bottling of cask no. 179/2012 spent 6 years in a 1st Fill Buffalo Trace Bourbon barrel and […]
Read moreWith the installation of a panoramic window in the gable of the new stillhouse, another important step in the expansion program to double production (we reported) was completed. The extension of the stillhouse to double its length includes two new stills identical in size and shape, a new mashtun and a new malt transport system; 6 new washbacks were installed […]
Read moreOn the occasion of its 20th anniversary, the British whisky retailer The Whisky Exchange, by now one of the largest whisky online shops in the UK, releases numerous new and exclusive whiskies throughout the year. This week, several more have been released, including a Kilchoman single cask bottling. The whisky was matured for eleven and a half years in a […]
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