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Three interesting Kilchoman single cask bottlings have just been released in Slovakia: a Sauternes finish, an 11-year-old bourbon cask maturation and only the second Kilchoman Armagnac finish release worldwide. In the case of the latter, the comparison with the world’s first release, which was released in Germany in autumn 2021 within the Uniquely Islay – An Samhradh 2021 series, should […]
Read moreAt the end of February, a Kilchoman Single Cask Release – a Sauternes Cask Finish – was released for the first time for the Dutch beverage chain Gall & Gall.The whisky was first matured in a fresh bourbon barrel for over 6 years before being finished in a Sauternes wine cask for 9 months. . Cask No: 704/2014 Cask type: […]
Read moreThe well-known British whisky and spirits retailer The Whisky Exchange just released an interesting set of two single cask bottlings from Kilchoman: a Tequila Cask Finish and a Mezcal Cask Finish. These are two sister casks, two bourbon barrels filled on 11 December 2012, which were transferred to a tequila and a mezcal cask on 6 November 2020 – after […]
Read moreAl. Capone (Alkohole Capone) is a fast-growing Polish spirits chain. As part of a series of 10 single cask bottlings from various distilleries, they have now brought out their first Kilchoman release as Cask 5 / 10. The whisky was matured for over 7 years in an ex-bourbon barrel and then finished for 10 months in an STR cask (shaved, […]
Read moreA good two years after the “Sweden Small Batch No. 1”, the “Sweden Small Batch No. 2” bottled at the end of 2021 was released a few days ago. The basis of the whiskies in the 2019 introduced new series of Small Batch Releases for selected markets is always an already finished Machir Bay vatting or Machir Bay Collaborative Vatting , i.e. a whisky with 46% […]
Read moreThe renowned Scottish whisky and spirits shop Robertsons of Pitlochry today presented a Kilchoman Tequila Finish Single Cask bottling selected by its owner Ewan McIlwraith. First presented by Kilchoman in spring 2021 following a change in SWA regulations (we reported), the tequila finishes, like the mezcal finishes, are still among the rarest Kilchoman releases. So far, less than ten single […]
Read moreA very unusual Kilchoman Single Cask bottling was recently released in Japan. On the occasion of its 12th anniversary, the bar Shamrock in Takamatsu in the Kagawa prefecture released a Sherry Finish – Red Wine cask maturation. This means that the whisky was first matured for 10 years in a Red Wine cask and then finished for 2 years in […]
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