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Kilchoman 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 […]
Read moreAs it has done every autumn for several years now, French spirits retailer and Kilchoman importer La Maison Du Whisky has once again published a printed catalogue of exclusive LMDW bottlings of whisky, rum and other spirits in French and English. The first of over 170 bottlings from this year’s catalogue, entitled Itinéraires or Itineraries (‘Travel Routes’), are now available […]
Read moreA new Distillery Shop Exclusive bottling has been available at the Kilchoman Visitor Centre since 13 September. This time, it is the “Be a bottler” cask from this year’s Fèis Ìle. “Be a bottler” is a popular Fèis Ìle programme item at the Kilchoman Open Days, where visitors can fill their very own bottles of Kilchoman whisky. In the past, […]
Read moreThe highlight of the numerous celebrations marking Kilchoman’s 20th anniversary this year was undoubtedly the gala party held on Islay on 6 September. Kilchoman invited 230 guests, companions of the distillery over the last 20 years. Among them were importers from 35 countries worldwide, all shareholders, representatives of the companies José y Miguel Martín and Forsyths, many employees, from the […]
Read moreAfter Kilchoman announced the successful completion of this year’s barley harvest on the fields of Rockside Farm last week, this year’s 100% Islay Edition has now been released right on time in September. Since 2018, Kilchoman has moved the release date of its annual 100% Islay Release, made from the farm’s own barley, to autumn, linking it to the end […]
Read moreTo mark Kilchoman’s 20th anniversary, Kilchoman released a 20th Anniversary Cask Series in the spring, consisting of four bottlings, each a vatting of five specially selected casks: two 14-year-olds, one 15-year-old and one 18-year-old. The event was and is being celebrated in style at the Kilchoman Days in various European countries and, last but not least, at the gala dinner […]
Read moreThe well-known whisky shop Royal Mile Whiskies in Edinburgh has once again released a single cask Kilchoman bottling. As with the last Kilchoman bottling for Royal Mile Whiskies, released just under two years ago, this is another 100% Islay release, i.e. a whisky often referred to by Kilchoman as a ‘single farm single malt’, which was produced entirely at Kilchoman, […]
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