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As of today, a new Distillery Shop Exclusive Release is available at the Kilchoman Visitor Centre. It is one of the still quite rare Madeira cask finish bottlings. The whisky was first matured for 7 years in a 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel and was then finished for 8 months in a fresh Madeira cask. The yield was 245 bottles with […]
Read moreFor May 8, 2019, Kilchoman announces the release of a completely new limited bottling, the “STR Cask Matured”. The STR Cask – the letters stand for Shaving, Toasting and Re-Charring – is an invention of James Swan, who unfortunately passed away far too early. As an expert and consultant, Swan had a decisive influence on the planning and operation of […]
Read moreWith the new Distillery Shop Exclusive bottling released yesterday, 16 April, Kilchoman has once again set a new age record. After a 12 year old bottling had been released for the first time in August / September 2018 for the visitor shop, the bottling listed here raised the age record to almost 13 years. The yield of Bourbon Barrel No. […]
Read moreAs in previous years, the series of annual limited releases begins with the Loch Gorm, Kilchoman whisky mataured exclusively in Oloroso sherry casks. Anthony Wills has selected 20 Oloroso Sherry Butts from 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2011 for this year’s edition. This means that for the first time, 12 and 13 year old casks are also included. The circulation […]
Read more. . . After the much-praised first Port Cask release in 2014, the 2nd edition has been released in 2018. For these, 30 Ruby Port Hogsheads were selected, all of which were filled in 2014, i.e. almost 4 years old. These are 1st Fill as well as 2nd Fill Port Hogsheads, i.e. some casks of the 1st edition have been […]
Read moreWith the “Machir Bay Collaborative Vatting Programme”, Kilchoman launched a new product line a few weeks ago, that aims to give local retailers the opportunity to create personalised bottlings of the distillery´s flagship expression Machir Bay. Deviating from the normal cask composition of Machir Bay, which consists of 90% bourbon and 10% Oloroso sherry cask-matured whisky, the respective retailer can […]
Read moreKilchoman today announced the appearance of the annual bottling for members of the Kilchoman Club. And it is already safe to say that this year’s 7th edition of the Club release will again be a milestone in the history of Kilchoman whiskies. It is a vatting of two Oloroso Sherry Butts from 2006, the contents of casks no. 309 & […]
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