All about the Kilchoman distillery and its whiskies
In 2025, the Kilchoman Distillery hosted the Shake the Farm Cocktail Competition for the second time. As in the previous year, the winner was allowed to select a cask of Kilchoman, which was subsequently bottled for the UK market. Fin Stewart, who won the 2025 competition with his cocktail Purpose, selected a Carcavelos Wine Cask Finish Single Cask, the world’s […]
Read moreThe latest edition of Loch Gorm, Kilchoman’s annual Oloroso sherry cask matured limited release, is now available. As is well known, the bottling is named after the largest freshwater loch on Islay, located near the distillery, whose dark, murky waters are said to be reflected in the rich copper tones of the sherry-matured Loch Gorm. The annual Loch Gorm editions […]
Read moreAs its first limited release of 2026, Kilchoman has now announced a world first: the first full maturation of a Kilchoman whisky in Maury wine casks. Maury is a sweet fortified wine from the Roussillon region in southern France, produced mainly from Grenache Noir grapes. The production of this fortified wine is comparable to that of Port wine; apart from […]
Read moreIn January 2025, German Kilchoman importer Hanseatische Weinhandelsgesellschaft Bremen released the world’s first Kilchoman Orange Wine Cask Finish for German Comraich bars. The whisky was enthusiastically received by Kilchoman fans. The Orange Wine cask gave the Kilchoman distillate a very special, sweet fruit note that cannot be compared to red or white wine cask maturation. No further Kilchoman Orange Wine […]
Read moreDuring the ongoing Kilchoman European Tour 2026, the Kilchoman Land Rover with Emma McHarrie and Peter Wills will stop at the renowned retailer Flickenschild – Whisky & Cigars in Itzehoe on 14 March. Itzehoe will be the seventh of nine German tour locations. For the event Flickenschild announced an exclusive Kilchoman single cask bottling. This is one of the Ruby […]
Read moreThe US importer of Kilchoman, ImpEx Beverages, has now announced the first two bottlings of 2026 in its renowned Cask Evolution series. The two single cask bottlings are an Oloroso Sherry and a Ruby Port full maturation. ImpEx Cask Evolution No. 01/2026 was matured for over 10 years in an Oloroso Sherry cask. No. 02/2026, on the other hand, is […]
Read moreAfter no Kilchoman European Tour took place last year – Kilchoman celebrated its 20th anniversary with a variety of individual events, including the Kilchoman Days – the Kilchoman Land Rover, with a brand new look, will once again set off on a journey across Europe this year. And this will be a tour of superlatives: in ten weeks, from 20 […]
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