All about the Kilchoman distillery and its whiskies
From 5 to 7 October 2013, The Whisky Show, organised by the renowned British whisky shop The Whisky Exchange, took place for the fifth time. The venue of the de luxe fair was the Vinopolis near London Bridge. With over 2000 paying guests, a new visitor record was achieved. Kilchoman was not only represented at the fair with a stand […]
Read moreAs most of our readers will know, the Kilchoman distillery sponsors the Islay Pipe Band since 2012. We have reported on the band’s activities several times and visitors to the Kilchoman Open Day at Fèis Ìle will certainly have fond memories of the band’s performances. The band, founded in 1991, has been seriously competing in pipe band competitions since 2005. […]
Read moreFor the second Tokyo International Bar Show, which took place from 20 to 21 April 2013, an exclusive Kilchoman single cask bottling was presented again, after the four-and-a-half year old bourbon barrel of the previous year, this time it was a five year old Oloroso Sherry cask maturation. . Cask No.: 445/2007 Cask type: Oloroso Sherry Cask Date Filled: 8.11.2007 […]
Read moreThe Milano Whisky Festival 2012 took place from 10 to 11 November 2012 at the Milan Marriott Hotel. Kilchoman distillery manager John MacLellan conducted a Kilchoman masterclass at the festival where numerous Kilchoman whiskies could be tasted. Among them was the exclusive festival bottling of a Kilchoman matured for 5 years in a refill bourbon barrel. . Cask No.: 245/2007 […]
Read moreKilchoman today announced the release of the 2nd edition of the annual limited “100% Islay” release for 1 September 2012. As with the first edition, the whisky produced “from barley to bottle” 100% by the Kilchoman distillery is a vatting of 1st fill and refill bourbon barrels, in which the whisky was matured for more than 3 years. Compared to […]
Read moreThe first Tokyo International Bar Show organised by the Nippon Bartenders Association took place from 5 to 6 May 2012. An exclusive single cask bottling of a Kilchoman matured for four and a half years in a fresh ex-bourbon barrel was presented. . Cask No.: 239/2007 Cask type: 1st Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel Date Filled: 15.8.2007 Date Bottled: 8.2.2012 Age: 4 […]
Read moreFollowing the devastating earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan in March 2011, a number of independent Scotch whisky distilleries (Arran, BenRiach, Bladnoch, GlenDronach, Kilchoman, Kilkerran and Springbank) came together to support the victims and created a joint Blended Malt Scotch Whisky, The Spirit of Unity. As all other parties involved, including the designers and distribution channels, also waived payment, around […]
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