All about the Kilchoman distillery and its whiskies
Two new single cask bottlings have been available to purchase from the Kilchoman Online Shop for the past few days. One is an 8-year-old Marsala wine cask finish, and the other a 15-year-old fully matured in a Bourbon cask. Kilchoman has thus resumed sales of Online Shop Exclusive Releases. Introduced during the COVID pandemic as a replacement for the Distillery […]
Read moreLe comptoir Irlandais, founded in 1987, specialises in products associated with the Celtic way of life. The well-known retail chain, which opened its 55th shop in April 2026, offers fine foods and clothing as well as beer and spirits, mainly from Ireland and Scotland. The whisky range in particular has been massively expanded in recent years; there are now over […]
Read moreFor many years now, the French spirits retailer and Kilchoman importer La Maison Du Whisky has been publishing a printed catalogue in the autumn, featuring exclusive LMDW bottlings of whisky, rum and other spirits for the coming year, in both French and English. For the anniversary year 2027, when LMDW will celebrate its 70th birthday, the new catalogue has now […]
Read moreSince April 2026, Kilchoman has been offering warehouse tastings to visitors to the distillery. These take place once a day from Sunday to Thursday in Warehouse 2, one of the four on-site dunnage warehouses, which is primarily used to store so-called ‘experimental’ cask types. Guests will draw whisky straight from the cask and explore three specially selected casks that highlight […]
Read moreA new Distillery Shop Exclusive bottling has been available at the Kilchoman Visitor Centre since 10 August 2026. This time, it is a Rum cask finish. The whisky was initially matured for over six years in a fresh Bourbon barrel and was then finished for a good year in a Rum hogshead from Martinique, which is why Kilchoman also spells […]
Read moreThroughout its history, Kilchoman has so far released only two whiskies that have been finished in Pinot Noir or Spätburgunder casks (this is how the ‘King of Red Wines’ is usually referred to in German). Both were released in the Netherlands: a Pinot Noir Small Batch at DrankDozijn in late 2021, and a single cask bottling for the spirits retailer […]
Read moreThe online shop alleswhisky.de has now launched a range of exclusive single-cask bottlings under its own brand, Glock Spirits. The series is called ‘Ebudae – Whisky at the Edge of Empire’ and pays homage to the era of the Roman Empire. ‘Ebudae’ was the Roman name for the Hebrides. That was where the Roman Empire ended and the wild Barbaricum […]
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