Kilchoman Family Collection 1st Edition announced
Last year, to mark the twentieth anniversary of the distillery’s founding, Kilchoman released a strictly limited series of four different small-batch bottlings in high-quality decorative packaging – the 20th Anniversary Cask Series. This allowed whisky enthusiasts to trace the development of Kilchoman whisky up to an age of 18 years.
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Kilchoman has now announced the Family Collection, a series that follows the concept and design of the highly successful 20th Anniversary Cask Series. This series also consists of four age-stated bottlings and, alongside a 20-year-old Kilchoman (!) – the distillery’s oldest release to date – an 11-year-old whisky fully matured in sherry casks, a 14-year-old 100% Islay expression distilled in 2011 from the distillery’s own barley grown at Rockside Farm and matured in bourbon casks, and an 18-year-old expression also from bourbon casks.
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As the name of the series suggests, the casks used for the bottlings were individually selected by the five members of the Kilchoman founding family, resulting in a range that reflects their personal tastes, their shared passion and the evolving character of Kilchoman.
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Kilchoman has previously released three series of whiskies personally selected by members of the Wills family. However, these were all single-cask bottlings for regional markets (the UK, France and China) and, unlike the new series, the individual bottlings were labelled with the name of the family member who had selected them. We will now see this concept brought to life in an annual series of limited-edition high-end bottlings, which provide an excellent way to trace the development of the Kilchoman spirit across different cask types – starting with Oloroso sherry and bourbon casks in the first edition – right through to the oldest vintages.
Kilchoman Founder Anthony Wills wrote: “The Kilchoman Family Collection, both this year and in the years to come, showcases some of our most treasured casks. We are especially proud to release our first globally available 20 Year Old as part of the First Edition collection. Discovering and tasting these exceptional casks in our warehouses remains one of the great joys of what we do. As a family, we have dedicated the past two decades to crafting the finest spirit and selecting the very best casks, so seeing that commitment and care come to fruition is very rewarding,”
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Here are the four bottlings in detail:
Kilchoman 11 yo
Cask type: Oloroso Sherry Casks
Date Bottled: 19.5.2026
Age: 11 yo
Strength: 54,7 % abv
Level of phenols in malted barley: 50 ppm
Bottle volume: 0,7 l
Bottle Code: 11F 19/05/26 26/24
GTIN: 5 060210 709457
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Kilchoman 14 yo – 100% Islay
Cask type: Ex-Bourbon Barrels
Date Filled: 2011
Date Bottled: 19.5.2026
Age: 14 yo
Strength: 50,9 % abv
Level of phenols in malted barley: approx. 20 ppm
Barley variety: Optic (harvested at Rockside Farm in 2010)
Bottle volume: 0,7 l
Bottle Code: 14F 19/05/26 26/47
GTIN: 5 060210 709464
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Kilchoman 18 yo
Cask type: Ex-Bourbon Barrels
Date Bottled: 19.5.2026
Age: 18 yo
Strength: 50,0 % abv
Level of phenols in malted barley: 50 ppm
Barley variety: Optic
Bottle volume: 0,7 l
Bottle Code: 18F 19/05/26 26/46
GTIN: 5 060210 709471
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Kilchoman 20 yo
Cask type: Ex-Bourbon Barrels
Date Filled: 2006
Date Bottled: 19.5.2026
Age: 20 yo
Strength: 49,9 % abv
Level of phenols in malted barley: 50 ppm
Barley variety: Optic
Bottle volume: 0,7 l
Bottle Code: 20F 19/05/26 26/45
GTIN: 5 060210 709488
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