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After 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, another bottling from this type of cask 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 , where the bottling has now been released. As […]
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 […]
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 moreTo mark its 20th anniversary, Kilchoman is holding a series of special events in a number of European countries in 2025, known as Kilchoman Days. Exclusive single cask releases are usually bottled for these events. For the third German Kilchoman Day, which took place on 26 September 2025 in Dortmund, a Port Quarter Cask was bottled, as was the case […]
Read moreIn February 2025, three German whisky shops – Whiskyhort from Oberhausen, Schlüter’s Geniessertreff from Wülfrath and Flickenschild from Itzehoe – jointly released a Kilchoman single cask bottling for the first time as part of the Whisky3 series. Now, with a slightly different combination of participating shops, another Kilchoman release has followed. Instead of Schlüter’s Geniessertreff, this time the third member […]
Read moreKilchoman announced today that it will once again be selling a limited number of private casks exclusively to Kilchoman Club members. In the early years of the distillery, Kilchoman sold numerous freshly filled casks to private individuals to raise much-needed capital for the distillery’s operations. This private cask programme was discontinued in 2007, and Kilchoman even endeavoured to buy back […]
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