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Kilchoman has now released a new Distillery Shop Exclusive Release for the Visitor Centre. This time it is a vatting of three ex-bourbon barrels in which the 100% Islay whisky, made from the farm’s own barley, was initially matured for just over 4 years and was then decanted into Oloroso sherry hogsheads on 21 December 2015 and finished in these […]
Read moreKilchoman now announced the release of their first “Sauternes Cask Matured Release”. It will be available at retailers worldwide in the coming week. After a “Port Cask” and a “Madeira Cask Release” in the last two years, the “Sauternes Cask Matured Release” continues the series of annual wine cask maturations. Distilled at the end of 2010 / beginning of 2011, […]
Read moreImpEx Beverages, the enterprising US Kilchoman importer announced today that this year’s Kilchoman marketing tour will take them across the US for the first time. From 26 September to 9 October, James and Peter Wills, the sons of Kilchoman founder Anthony Wills, will travel in their Kilchoman Land Rover from Boston through the US states of Connecticut, Rhode Island, New […]
Read moreA new Distillery Shop Exclusive Release has now appeared on the shelves of the Kilchoman Visitor Centre. The new single cask bottling is a five and a half year old PX Sherry Cask Finish. The whisky was matured for over five years in an ex-bourbon barrel and was then finished for three months in a Pedro Ximénez Sherry Cask. . […]
Read moreThe Kilchoman distillery has been sponsoring the Islay Pipe Band since 2012. The activities of the band have often been reported on the Kilchoman homepage and a performance by the Islay Pipe Band has been a fixed item on the programme at the Kilchoman Open Day at Fèis Ìle for years. Since 2013, Kilchoman has released an annual single cask […]
Read moreKilchoman today announced the release of the 6th edition of the annual “100% Islay Limited Release”. The bottling will be available from 12 May for £72, initially in limited quantities from the distillery’s web shop and then shortly from retailers worldwide. Made from the farm’s own barley and slightly lighter peated, 100% Islay whisky, with all production steps carried out […]
Read moreKilchoman today announced its programme for the Islay Festival Fèis Ìle 2016. Kilchoman Open Day will be Thursday 26 May, but there will already be some special events from Monday to Wednesday. Here is an overview of the packed programme: Monday 23rd Founders Tour with Anthony Wills – 2pmAn in depth tour of the distillery with founder Anthony Wills, finishing […]
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