All about the Kilchoman distillery and its whiskies
Until 2024, Kilchoman had exclusively used Ruby Port and LBV Port (Late Bottle Vintage) casks for its Port Cask maturations and finishings. The first White Port Finishings appeared in mid-2025, followed in October 2025 by the world’s first Tawny Port release listed here. The whisky was bottled for Gourmétage, a East German delicatessen chain with specialty stores in Leipzig, Dresden, […]
Read moreOn 11 and 12 October 2025, the first German edition of the internationally renowned Whisky Live fair took place in Hamburg. For this event, the organiser Kirsch Import released numerous exclusive bottlings under the name The Awakening Series, which were truly outstanding in terms of both quantity and quality. Among them was the Kilchoman single cask bottling listed here, a […]
Read moreAs we reported back in June, Kilchoman reorganised its duty-free portfolio at the beginning of 2025 after more than 10 years without any changes. A new bottling was released, Ballinaby – Sherry Casks, and Saligo Bay was discontinued. The Coull Point bottling will continue to be available and, like Ballinaby, will be available in both the British and international travel […]
Read moreAs it has done every October since 2023, Italian Kilchoman importer Beija-Flor has now released the latest edition of its “Italian Cities” series of Kilchoman single cask bottlings. Following “Milan” (2023) and “Rome” (2024), the third edition of the series is dedicated to the city of Florence. It is a 100% Islay bottling matured for 9 years in a fresh […]
Read moreThe British Shop, Germany’s largest online retailer of British fashion, homewear, perfume and specialities, released an exclusive Kilchoman bottling for the first time in its history in the summer of 2025. And this was something very special, as it was the world’s first Kilchoman single cask release from a Fino sherry cask. Distilled in 2014, the whisky was matured for […]
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