Kilchoman Machir Bay Collaborative Vatting selected by Fujioka´s Wine Times (Honolulu)

Cask types: Bourbon Barrels (95 %), Oloroso Sherry Casks (5 %)

Age: NAS

Date Bottled: 2019

Strength: 46,0 % abv

Phenol level: 50 ppm

Bottle volume: 0,75 l

Market: USA – Hawai

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From 2018 to 2023, Kilchoman offered local retailers the opportunity to create customised bottlings of the distillery´s flagship whisky Machir Bay with the ‘Machir Bay Collaborative Vattings’.

Deviating from the normal cask composition of Machir Bay, which consists of 90% bourbon and 10% Oloroso sherry cask-matured whisky, retailers could choose between four different variants with slightly altered proportions for the Collaborative Vattings: 95% bourbon / 5% sherry, 92.5% bourbon / 7.5% sherry, 87.5% bourbon / 12.5% sherry or 85% bourbon / 15% sherry cask-matured whisky. As with the ‘normal’ Machir Bay bottlings, the alcohol content was 46%. The boxes and bottles in the usual Machir Bay design were labelled with an individual sticker from the retailer.

The Hawaiian liquor store Fujioka’s Wine Times was one of the first retailers to take advantage of the offer. In early December 2019, it released an MBCV bottling with a ratio of 95% bourbon and 5% sherry.

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