All about the Kilchoman distillery and its whiskies
The 31st of May, the Kilchoman Open Day at Fèis Ìle 2018 offered as always an extensive programme. Farm tours with General Manger Islay Heads, a masterclass with Anthony Wills on the 100% Islay philosophy, a masterclass for Kilchoman Club members with George, James and Peter Wills, warehouse tastings, tutored range tastings, still house visits and “Be a bottler”, the […]
Read moreKilchoman proudly announces that the new kiln and malt floor building has been completed. The malt floor, on which barley will be spread for the first time next week, and the new kiln are more than twice the size of their predecessors built in 2005. The new malting floor will allow up to 4 tons of barley to be malt […]
Read moreOn the eve of the famous “Whisky Fair 2018” in Limburg, the whisky bar “Villa Konthor” was the first German location to be awarded the title of a “Comraich-Bar”. Peter Wills, Marketing and Sales Manager of Kilchoman and the German importer “Alba Import” awarded the title and guided the guests through the evening at a “Kilchoman Comraich Dinner”. In addition […]
Read moreKilchoman today announced its grand annual marketing tour. This year, George and Peter Wills will travel from south to north along the US West Coast in the Kilchoman Landrover from 4 to 15 September. On the more than 1,500 miles from Los Angeles to Seattle, they will conduct Kilchoman tastings in 18 different locations.The tour will again feature an exclusive […]
Read moreOn 29 July 2017, Explorers Club Members Chad Anderson and Justin Fornal, along with fellow swimmer Johnnie Mundell, completed the world’s first circumnavigational swim of the 100-mile coastline of Islay. Entitled The Great Islay Swim, the circumnavigation took eight days. The aim of the expedition was to celebrate the island of Islay – to include each of the local distilleries, […]
Read moreKilchoman announces that the entire bottling of Cask No. 142/2006 has been stolen and asks anyone offered a bottle of this bottling for sale to contact the distillery immediately. This is the bottling of a Private Cask by Stuart Wilson, distilled on 12 July 2006 and bottled on 24 July 2016 with an alcohol content of 52.1%. The entire edition […]
Read moreOn 14 February 2017, the renowned Scotch whisky expert Dr James Swan passed away suddenly and unexpectedly in Edinburgh at the age of 75. Jim Swan was a scientist and consultant who applied his unrivalled knowledge of whisky to the planning and commissioning of numerous new distilleries in Scotland and around the world. In his function as “Whisky Consultant”, he […]
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