All about the Kilchoman distillery and its whiskies
Kilchoman celebrated its first milestone on 14 December last year when the first cask to be filled at the distillery reached the legal whisky requirement of three years maturation in an oak cask. The local newspaper Ileach reported on this today: Founded in 2005 by Anthony Wills and privately owned, Kilchoman produces just 90,000 litres of spirit a year. Not […]
Read moreKilchoman reports on its homepage today about a recent delivery of refill casks – 40 dump hogsheads, 30 barrels and 20 sherry butts. Because of the boom in the whisky industry, it is not so easy to get hold of good refill casks. It is Kilchoman’s declared policy to obtain new bourbon barrels exclusively from the Buffalo Trace distillery and […]
Read moreKilchoman announces today, that the barley harvest at Rockside Farm a couple of weeks ago has yielded 100 tonnes. The weather was dry and breezy during the harvest, resulting in a barley moisture content of 16-18%. .
Read moreA new designed and expanded Kilchoman website has gone online today. Designed by Breeze Creative, Kilchoman’s new website provides a wealth of information about the distillery and its people and also includes a shop function. . .
Read moreAfter the expiry of the Private Cask Programme, Kilchoman now offers its customers a new opportunity to secure their whisky from the distillery at an early stage. With the purchase of Futures, one can secure the purchase of the first 5-year Kilchoman bottling. This will be released in 2011. A leaflet with all the information can be downloaded from the […]
Read moreThe Kilchoman Open Day at Fèis Ìle 2007 was this year on 31 May. The highlight among the events was certainly the lecture by Dr. James Swan on whisky maturation in Warehouse No. 1. Also at Fèis Ìle, Kilchoman presented the 1st bottling from the “MacBeatha” series: a 15-year-old Bowmore whisky with a rum finish (110 bottles, 54.3%). Until Kilchoman […]
Read moreDuring the month of January, two more Stainless Steel Washbacks were installed at Kilchoman. This brings the total number of washbacks to four, which should enable a further increase in the production of Kilchoman whisky. The washbacks have a maximum filling volume of 6,000 litres and are charged with 5,400 litres of worts each. . .
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