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For May 8, 2019, Kilchoman announces the release of a completely new limited bottling, the “STR Cask Matured”. The STR Cask – the letters stand for Shaving, Toasting and Re-Charring – is an invention of James Swan, who unfortunately passed away far too early. As an expert and consultant, Swan had a decisive influence on the planning and operation of […]
Read moreWith the new Distillery Shop Exclusive bottling released yesterday, 16 April, Kilchoman has once again set a new age record. After a 12 year old bottling had been released for the first time in August / September 2018 for the visitor shop, the bottling listed here raised the age record to almost 13 years. The yield of Bourbon Barrel No. […]
Read moreAs in previous years, the series of annual limited releases begins with the Loch Gorm, Kilchoman whisky aged exclusively in Oloroso sherry casks. Anthony Wills has selected 20 Oloroso Sherry Butts from 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2011 for this year’s edition. This means that for the first time, 12 and 13 year old casks are also included. The circulation […]
Read moreWith the “Machir Bay Collaborative Vatting”, Kilchoman has been offering local whisky retailers a new product line for a few weeks now, which is intended to offer them the option of a customised bottling below the level of their own single cask release. The “normal” Machir Bay bottlings are known to have an Oloroso sherry cask content of around 10%; […]
Read moreKilchoman today announced the appearance of the annual bottling for members of the Kilchoman Club. And it is already safe to say that this year’s 7th edition of the Club release will again be a milestone in the history of Kilchoman whiskies. It is a vatting of two Oloroso Sherry Butts from 2006, the contents of casks no. 309 & […]
Read moreA new Distillery Shop Exclusive Release has now appeared in the Kilchoman Visitor Centre. It is a bottling of an ex-bourbon barrel in which the whisky, made from the farm’s own barley, was initially matured for just over 4 years before being decanted into an Oloroso sherry hogshead on 21 December 2015 and finished in this for 32 months. By […]
Read moreOn 1 October 2018, the “Sauternes Cask Finish 2018 Edition” will be released, a vatting of 30 bourbon barrels from 2012 that have undergone a 5-month finish in Sauternes Hogsheads. The release is the second Sauternes bottling in the series of annual limited releases from different wine casks that began in 2014. While the previous representatives of the series were […]
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