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As 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 moreA heat exchanger for the wash still was installed in the first week of April. Previously, the wash still was charged with 3,000 litres of fresh wash at a temperature of 20 degrees Celsius, and after the first distillation, 2,000 litres of hot effluents (pot ale) at a temperature of about 99 degrees Celsius were discharged. With the new heat […]
Read moreKilchoman has today announced the launch of a new product range called Loch Gorm on 8 April 2013. Named after Islay’s largest freshwater lake, which is located near the distillery, Loch Gorm will be Kilchoman’s only bottling to be fully matured in ex-Oloroso sherry casks. Like Kilchoman’s other two limited edition bottlings, Machir Bay and 100% Islay, Loch Gorm will […]
Read moreKilchoman announced today that the Machir Bay 2013 Edition is now available. The Machir Bay range is Kilchoman’s core expression, first launched in 2012 when it won the prestigious IWSC 2012 Gold Medal – Best in Class. Bottled once a year, each release contains more mature whisky each year allowing Kilchoman fans to follow the development of the unique Kilchoman […]
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 moreThe Kilchoman distillery had been looking for a location for a new bonded warehouse since 2009. Warehouse No. 1, built in 2005 on the distillery site, had quickly become too small. As it was not possible to build further warehouses on Rockside Farm, the search was on for a suitable site throughout Islay. This was believed to have been found […]
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