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It is certainly no exaggeration to say that 2021 was one of the more eventful years in the history of the Kilchoman Distillery. The coming into force of Brexit, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the associated restrictions presented the distillery with major challenges. COVID, in particular, posed a special challenge on a small island like Islay. Anthony Wills reported that […]
Read moreJust in time for the Christmas season, the three Belgian liquor shops Tasttoe, Drankenshop Broekmans and The Dram Collector have now released a joint Kilchoman single cask bottling. The whisky was matured in an ex-bourbon barrel for almost 14 years, which makes this release one of the oldest Kilchoman bottlings available. . Cask No.: 75/2008 Cask type: Ex-Bourbon Barrel Date […]
Read moreSince a few days, the 4th edition of the Founders Cask series is available in British whisky shops. The series, distributed exclusively in Great Britain, is based on the idea that each of the five members of the family of Kilchoman founder Anthony Wills selects a special cask of Kilchoman whisky.This edition should not be confused with “The Wills Family […]
Read moreMore than a year ago, Harvest – Stage 1, the first bottling of the Genesis series developed by the German Kilchoman importer Hanseatische Weinhandelsgesellschaft Bremen, was released. Now the second bottling of the series, Malting – Stage 2, followed just in time for the Christmas season. The marketing concept of the Genesis series is to trace the production of Kilchoman […]
Read moreCask No: 742/2013 Cask type: Bourbon Barrel, Mezcal Cask Finish Distillation Date: 18.10.2013 Bottling Date: 13.8.2021 Age: 7 yo Strength: 55,2 % abv Phenol level: 50 ppm Bottle volume: 0,7 l Market: Canada . The number of still very rare Kilchoman Mezcal Cask bottlings is slowly but surely growing. Following the just released fourth worldwide Mezcal Finish release for the […]
Read moreCask types: 70 % Bourbon Barrels / 5 % Oloroso Sherry Cask / 25 % Sauternes Hogshead Age: NAS Date Bottled: 16.11.2021 Strength: 49,1 % abv Level of phenols in malted barley: 50 ppm Number of bottles: 2.100 Bottle volume: 0,7 l Bottle Code: SB 16.11.21 21/125 GTIN: 5 060210 704988 Market: UK . Just in time for the festive […]
Read moreAfter “Blond” and “Auburn” at the end of 2020 and “Lava” in the middle of 2021, “Añejo” is now the fourth Kilchoman single cask release from the well-known Dutch online spirits retailer drankdozijn (D12). The tradition of giving the D12 Kilchoman Single Cask bottlings artificial names and not simply writing “for DrankDozijn” on the label, as is usually the case, […]
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