All about the Kilchoman distillery and its whiskies
A very unusual Kilchoman Single Cask bottling was recently released in Japan. On the occasion of its 12th anniversary, the bar Shamrock in Takamatsu in the Kagawa prefecture released a Sherry Finish – Red Wine cask maturation. This means that the whisky was first matured for 10 years in a Red Wine cask and then finished for 2 years in […]
Read moreSince a few days, a new Distillery Shop Exclusive edition is available in the Kilchoman Visitor Centre. This time, one of the still very rare mezcal cask finishings. Those who can’t make their way to Islay in winter and COVID times now at least have the chance to win the bottle in the current Kilchoman Club competition on the Kilchoman […]
Read moreSome days ago a new bottling of a Kilchoman Sauternes Finish Single Cask was released by spirits.com.pl. The cask was selected by Łukasz Gołębiewski on the occasion of his wedding. Łukasz Gołębiewski is a well known Polish journalist and book author who is also editor-in-chief of spirits.com.pl and the spirits magazine Aqua Vitae The whisky has been matured in a […]
Read more21 February 2021: Online Live Tasting with George & James Wills: Core Range & 2021 Pre-Releases The first online tasting of 2021 with George & Peter Wills took place on 21 February from 19:00 Islay time. Besides the two Core Range whiskies Machir Bay and Sanaig, the Tasting Pack this time included two pre-release samples of 2021, Loch Gorm 2021 […]
Read moreJust in time for the Christmas season, the three Belgian liquor shops Tasttoe, Drankenshop Broekmans and The Dram Collector have now released a joint Kilchoman single cask bottling. The whisky was matured in an ex-bourbon barrel for almost 14 years, which makes this release one of the oldest Kilchoman bottlings available. . Cask No.: 75/2008 Cask type: Ex-Bourbon Barrel Date […]
Read moreSince a few days, the 4th edition of the Founders Cask series is available in British whisky shops. The series, distributed exclusively in Great Britain, is based on the idea that each of the five members of the family of Kilchoman founder Anthony Wills selects a special cask of Kilchoman whisky.This edition should not be confused with “The Wills Family […]
Read moreMore than a year ago, Harvest – Stage 1, the first bottling of the Genesis series developed by the German Kilchoman importer Hanseatische Weinhandelsgesellschaft Bremen, was released. Now the second bottling of the series, Malting – Stage 2, followed just in time for the Christmas season. The marketing concept of the Genesis series is to trace the production of Kilchoman […]
Read more