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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 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 first of the Kilchoman Days, a series of events organised to mark the distillery’s 20th anniversary, took place on 26 July 2025 in Berlin at the whisky shop Whisky & Cigars and the courtyard behind it. The distillery was represented by three prominent figures, Anthony Wills, Peter Wills and Catherine MacMillan, while German importer HAWE was represented by four […]
Read moreThe year 2025 marks a special milestone in Kilchoman’s history. Opened in 2005 as the first new distillery on Islay in 124 years, Kilchoman is now, two decades later, an extremely successful Islay whisky distillery and is particularly proud of being independent and family-run, and of implementing the traditional production methods of a farm distillery ‘from barley to bottle’. To […]
Read moreIn 2013, Kilchoman released Coull Point, its first bottling for duty free, more specifically for the British travel retail chain ‘World of Whiskies.’ This was followed in 2014 by Saligo Bay, a bottling for the international travel retail sector. For over 10 years, these two bottlings remained the only ones available, but now Kilchoman has reorganised its duty-free portfolio and […]
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