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Kilchoman 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. The release, bottled in batches, is intended to feature a slightly older whisky each year, so that Kilchoman fans can follow the development […]
Read moreA ‘Gift Pack’ is now available for Kilchoman’s first general release, Machir Bay, which was launched at the start of the year. The attractively designed folding box contains a bottle of Machir Bay as well as two Kilchoman tasting glasses by Glencairn. The bottles have been available to purchase from the Kilchoman online shop since 26 November 2012 and are […]
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 moreFollowing the hugely successful tasting tours of 2010 and 2011, the German Kilchoman importer Alba Import had once again organised a German Tasting Tour for 2012, featuring Kilchoman’s founder Anthony Wills. The tour once again visited five German cities, but this time in the south of the country. These were the stops on the tour: . There was a whole […]
Read moreThe Berlin whisky fair Cöpenicker Whiskyherbst took place for the 13th time on 7 and 8 September 2012. Organised in 2000 by three Berlin whisky retailers, the Cöpenicker Whiskyherbst began in the courtyard of the famous town hall (the one with the Hauptmann statue), before moving to Freiheit 15, right on the banks of the Spree, in 2006 due to […]
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 […]
Read moreAt the Home Gathering to mark its 150th anniversary on 28 July 2012 in Bowmore, the Glasgow Islay Association presented a Vatted Islay Malt Scotch Whisky. Created by Bruichladdich’s Master Blender Jim McEwan and bottled at the Bruichladdich distillery, the whisky consists of single malts from all eight active Islay distilleries. The edition is 150 bottles with an alcohol content […]
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