All about the Kilchoman distillery and its whiskies
The well-known whisky shop Royal Mile Whiskies from Edinburgh has now once again released a Kilchoman single cask bottling. It is a 100% Islay release, i.e. a whisky often referred to by Kilchoman as “Single Farm Single Malt”, which was produced entirely at Kilchoman from barley cultivation to bottling. The whisky was matured for over 10 years in an ex-bourbon […]
Read moreTwo new single cask bottlings are now available in the Kilchoman Visitor Centre, the new Distillery Shop Exclusive release and a special bottling. The Distillery Shop Exclusive Release is a Port Cask Finish: the whisky was first matured for almost 5 years in an ex-bourbon barrel and was then finished for 20 months in a Ruby Port cask. The yield […]
Read moreOn 7 September, La Société des Alcools du Québec, the state monopolist for the distribution of alcohol in the Canadian province of Québec, released a new Kilchoman Single Cask bottling. Once again, it is a Kilchoman whisky finished in Sauternes wine casks. In this case, it is over 10 years old, matured for more than eight years in an ex-bourbon […]
Read moreSince 23 July 2023, a new Distillery Shop Exclusive release is available in the Kilchoman Visitor Centre. This time it is a good 10 years old Sauternes Cask Finish: the whisky was first matured for more than 8 years in an ex-bourbon barrel and was then finished for 21 months in a Sauternes wine cask. The yield was 236 bottles […]
Read moreA very special and in several respects rare Kilchoman whisky can now be found in the store of the well-known German independent bottler Anam na h-Alba: a 15 year old 100% Islay Private Cask. With its age of 15 years, this bottling is not only one of the oldest Kilchoman releases to date, but by far the oldest of a […]
Read moreAfter a Sauternes and a Port Cask finish in 2022, the Dutch beverage chain Gall & Gall has now released another Kilchoman single cask bottling in July 2023. This time it is a Calvados Cask Finish. The whisky was first matured in an ex-bourbon barrel for over six years and was then finished in a Calvados cask for over two […]
Read moreThe German Kilchoman importer Hanseatische Weinhandelsgesellschaft Bremen has now released Uniquely Islay – An Samhradh 2023, the sixth edition of the Kilchoman series distributed exclusively in Germany, following Uniquely Islay – An t-Earrach 2020, Uniquely Islay – An Geamhradh 2020, Uniquely Islay – An Samhradh 2021, Uniquely Islay – An t-Earrach 2022 and Uniquely Islay – An Geamhradh 2022. After […]
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