All about the Kilchoman distillery and its whiskies
As we reported in June 2024, the Kilchoman distillery had managed to acquire four Vouvray wine casks through “Les Amis du Cask”. The commune of Vouvray, in Touraine, east of the city of Tours, is the most important Appellation d’origine contrôlée (AOC) for Chenin Blanc in the Loire Valley. ‘Les Amis du Cask’ (‘The Friends of the Cask’) are a […]
Read moreA year ago, the German importer of Kilchoman, Hanseatische Weinhandelsgesellschaft Bremen, launched a single cask bottling 12 yo 100% Islay Unpeated Sherry Butt. Despite a hefty price tag and some negative reviews on social media – some whisky lovers clearly felt duped by the quite distinct peaty notes in a whisky aggressively marketed as unpeated – the bottling sold out […]
Read moreUntil 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 moreSince 2011, Kilchoman has released an annual 100% Islay Limited Release, presenting its flagship product line, which is slightly less peated and produced entirely on site (‘from barley to bottle’) from the farm’s own barley. These ‘single farm single malts’ are Kilchoman’s raison d’être, as they fulfil the distillery’s aspiration and pride in being a farm distillery. Since 2018, Kilchoman […]
Read moreSince 11 October, a new Distillery Shop Exclusive bottling has been available at the Kilchoman Visitor Centre. This time, it is a fully matured Oloroso sherry cask whisky. The whisky was matured for almost 13 years in a refill Oloroso hogshead. . Cask No.: 546/2012 Cask type: Refill Oloroso Sherry Hogshead Date Filled: 23.8.2012 Date Bottled: 2.7.2025 Age: 12 yo […]
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