All about the Kilchoman distillery and its whiskies
In July 2025, US importer ImpEx Beverages had Kilchoman bottle a 100% Islay Release single cask for the famous Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, and the liquor store Hazel’s Beverage World in Boulder, Colorado. This whisky was distilled in 2014 from the farm’s own barley and produced entirely at Kilchoman, ‘from barley to bottle’, before being matured for almost […]
Read moreTwo Ruby Port Quarter Cask bottlings were released as exclusive single cask releases at the second German Kilchoman Day on 2 August 2025 in Nuremberg and at the third German Kilchoman Day on 26 September 2025 in Dortmund. Now, the last of these anniversary events marking the distillery’s 20th anniversary followed suit: for Kilchoman Day in Edinburgh, which took place […]
Read moreFrom 14 to 16 November 2025, The Hague once again hosted the International Whisky Festival. To mark the occasion, two truly exceptional Kilchoman single cask bottlings were released: one of the still very rare 18-year-old Kilchoman releases and, somewhat surprisingly for insiders, another STR Cask Matured / New Oak Finish bottling. After the first 18-year-old Kilchoman was released in Japan […]
Read moreAfter the German Kilchoman importer Hanseatische Weinhandelsgesellschaft Bremen released the world’s first Kilchoman bottling from a ‘Muscatel cask’, or more precisely a Moscatel de Setúbal wine cask, in May 2025 as part of its Uniquely Islay Series – An t-Earrach 2025, a bottling from a Muscatel Blanc Barrique has now been released in Germany. The new single cask release was […]
Read moreAt the second German Kilchoman Day on 2 August 2025 in Nuremberg and the third German Kilchoman Day on 26 September 2025 in Dortmund, two bottlings from Ruby Port Quarter Casks were released as exclusive single cask releases. The German Kilchoman importer Hanseatische Weinhandelsgesellschaft Bremen sold another cask to Weinhof Brettel from Mitwitz in Upper Franconia, where the bottling has […]
Read moreAt the end of 2020 and the end of 2022, Kilchoman had already released two limited editions of Machir Bay at cask strength. These two bottlings were very popular among whisky fans, as they showed the Kilchoman Standard Release from an even more fruity side and were good examples of how a higher alcohol content can benefit the taste of […]
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