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In August 2020, Kilchoman installed two new vatting tanks (containers for marrying larger whisky releases) for maturation experiments, which are not made of stainless steel like the standard ones, but of wood from former Portuguese Red Wine casks (we reported). The vatting tanks were made according to Kilchoman’s specifications by the Dias cooperage from Portugal, which has been supplying Kilchoman […]
Read moreAfter a year’s break, the Dutch Kilchoman importer Bresser & Timmer has now released the Netherlands Small Batch No. 3. The basis of the whiskies in the 2019 introduced new series of Small Batch Releases for selected markets is always an already finished Machir Bay vatting or Machir Bay Collaborative Vatting , i.e. a whisky with 46% alcohol strength, which was previously matured for approx. 5 […]
Read moreOnce a year, the French spirits dealer and Kilchoman importer La Maison Du Whisky publishes a catalogue of exclusive LMDW bottlings of whisky, rum and other spirits that is always outstanding in scope and content. This year it has the motto “Antipodes”. LMDW writes about it: Our latest collection, Antipodes, pays tribute to contrasts and opposites through spirits sourced from […]
Read moreThe Chinese Kilchoman importer SMCC (Single Malt Club China) announced today the release of the “China Small Batch No. 3”. The basis of the whiskies of the series of Small Batch Releases for selected Markets, which started in 2019, is an already finished Machir Bay vatting or “Machir Bay Collaborative Vatting”, i.e. a whisky with 46% alcohol strength, which was […]
Read moreAs in previous years, an exclusive Kilchoman single cask bottling was again released for the well-known Taiwanese whisky fair Taoyuan Whiskytaste, which took place on 20 and 21 August. This year, it was an Oloroso Sherry cask finish. Oloroso sherry cask finishes had rarely been released by Kilchoman in recent years, the interest of distributors and importers had focused on […]
Read moreThe largest German whisky online retailer whisky.de has now released a Kilchoman Triple Cask Matured Small Batch as an exclusive 2022 club bottle for the customers of its whisky club. The bottling has the enormous edition of 12,126 bottles and thus enters completely new Kilchoman Small Batch dimensions, some of the worldwide distributed Kilchoman Limited Releases had a smaller edition… […]
Read moreAfter the world’s first Kilchoman Marsala cask finish was released as a Distillery Shop Exclusive Release in March 2022, another of the still extremely rare Marsala finishings is now available at the distillery’s visitor centre for £92.40. The whisky was first matured in a fresh ex-bourbon barrel for more than 8 years before being finished in a Marsala hogshead for […]
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