Kilchoman Japan Small Batch No. 2

Cask types: 70 % Bourbon / 5 % Oloroso Sherry / 25 % Calvados

Age: NAS

Bottled: 2022

Strength: 50,1 % abv

Phenol level: 50 ppm

Number of bottles: 1.260

Bottle volume: 0,7 l

Barcode: 5 060210 706142

Market: Japan

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With the series of Small Batch Releases for Selected Markets, launched in 2019, renamed ‘Triskele Casks’ in 2023 and discontinued at the end of 2023, Kilchoman showcased its experimental side. Each individual batch was created specifically for individual export markets and demonstrated the influence of different cask types on the maturation of Kilchoman whisky.

The basis of each bottling was an already finished Machir Bay vatting or Machir Bay Collaborative Vatting, i.e. a whisky with 46% alcohol strength, which had previously been matured for around 5 years mainly in bourbon casks and 5-15% in Oloroso sherry casks. This vatting was then married with an additional special cask.

In the case of the “Japan Small Batch No. 2” released in 2022, the additional cask is a Calvados Hogshead. The proportions are given as 70% bourbon, 5% oloroso sherry and 25% calvados.

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