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After the German Kilchoman importer Hanseatische Weinhandelsgesellschaft Bremen had already released the series of Kilchoman single cask bottlings ‘The Sister Casks – A Maturation Journey’ at the beginning of the year to mark the company’s 50th anniversary, it is now concluding the anniversary year with another Kilchoman single cask bottling. This time it is one of the rather rare bottlings […]
Read moreThe Polish Kilchoman importer M&P has now released another Kilchoman single cask bottling for its Cask Collection Club. This time it is an 8-year-old 100% Islay whisky from a bourbon cask. The whisky, which was produced entirely by Kilchoman ‘from barley to bottle’, matured for almost exactly eight years in an ex-Buffalo Trace bourbon barrel from 2016. It was bottled […]
Read moreThe Kilchoman Christmas online tastings have become a nice tradition since 2020. Now Kilchoman has announced this year’s tasting. It will take place on Friday, 27 December from 7pm Islay time and will be hosted by Anthony Wills and his eldest son George Wills. As always, you can follow the event on Facebook and YouTube. The tasting packs, which also […]
Read moreTraditionally, Kilchoman releases an exclusive bottling for the members of its Kilchoman Club at the end of each year. This year’s 13th club release has now been announced. Anthony Wills and Robin Bignal decided on a nine-year-old single cask bottling of an Oloroso sherry butt. Sourced from Bodega José y Miguel Martín in Jerez, cask 209/2015 is a fresh ex-oloroso […]
Read morePolish Kilchoman importer M&P Pavlina has now released two special editions of the two standard Kilchoman whiskies: Machir Bay Private Vatting and Sanaig Private Vatting. These are characterised by different bourbon-sherry ratios in the vatting. In the Machir Bay Private Vatting, instead of the usual 90% bourbon and 10% Oloroso sherry cask influence, you can now taste 80% bourbon and […]
Read moreAfter the first celebrated 16-year-old Kilchoman releases two years ago, it was of course only a matter of time before we would be able to welcome the first 18-year old bottling. However, this was not really expected this year, as Kilchoman has announced its first 18-year-old Kilchoman release internally for its anniversary year in 2025, and very few casks from […]
Read moreThere is a new exclusive bottling for the Kilchoman Distillery Shop to report: a 12-year-old Calvados Single Cask Finish has been available there since 20 November 2024. The whisky was first matured for more than nine years in a bourbon barrel and then finished in a Calvados cask for more than three years. This is the longest Calvados finishing period […]
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