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As has always been the case since 2018, when the release date of the annual limited 100% Islay Release was moved to autumn, this year’s edition was also released on time in September. This year’s 14th edition is a vatting of ex-bourbon barrels and Oloroso sherry casks. Barley of the Publican variety was used, which was harvested at Rockside Farm […]
Read moreAfter Kilchoman conducted a major European tour for the launch of its third general release, the Batch Strength Release, in spring 2024, which took the Kilchoman Sales & Marketing team through 20 Eureopean countries in 10 weeks, a corresponding tour has now been announced for Asia. . . From 16 September to 28 October, 9 countries in East and Southeast […]
Read moreKilchoman announced today that after a long time it will once again be offering a limited number of private casks exclusively for Kilchoman Club members through a ballot system which opened on Wednesday 21st August and closes at midday on Tuesday 3rd September. In the early years of the distillery, Kilchoman sold numerous freshly filled casks to private individuals to […]
Read moreYesterday, 25 June 2024, Kilchoman’s Production Director, Robin Bignal, collected some very special casks for the Kilchoman distillery in Port Ellen. Four casks of the world-famous Vouvray wine from France, which were made available to the distillery by ‘Les Amis du Cask’. ‘The Friends of the Cask’ are a group of retirees who realised their passion for single cask bottlings […]
Read moreSince 2014, the Kilchoman distillery has been releasing one or two limited edition bottlings every year, which have been matured (or more rarely: finished) in different wine casks. With a new Sauternes Cask Matured Edition, Kilchoman has now announced the first of these limited editions for 2024, which will be followed by a Port Cask Matured Edition in autumn. Kilchoman […]
Read moreThe Kilchoman distillery today announced the release of this year’s Loch Gorm. Named after the famous loch near the distillery, the bottling is known to be matured exclusively in Oloroso sherry casks and is traditionally the first limited Kilchoman release of the year. For the 2024 edition, Kilchoman founder Anthony Wills and production director Robin Bignal selected 23 Oloroso sherry […]
Read moreThe Kilchoman Open Day at this year’s Islay Festival Fèis Ìle 2024 will be Thursday 30 May. Today Kilchoman unveiled its programme for the day and presented the festival special bottling and two tasting packs for online tastings. The programme once again offers the tried-and-tested mix of special distillery and farm tours, masterclass tastings and numerous other events. With Machir […]
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