Kilchoman Machir Bay Collaborative Vatting selected by JVS (95/5)

Vat No.: 4623

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

Age: NAS

Date Bottled: 2022

Strength: 46,0 % abv

Level of phenols in malted barley: 50 ppm

Bottle volume: 0,75 l

Number of bottles: 120

Market: USA

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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.

JVS is the other company, founded first, by Sam Filmus, owner of the very active US Kilchoman importer ImpEx Beverages. Starting out as an importer and distributor of Eastern European wines, it developed into a Californian wholesaler for all types of spirits, wine and beer.

In 2022, the company had two MBCV releases bottled for its customers: the one listned here, with 95% bourbon and 5% sherry, and another with 85% bourbon and 15% Oloroso sherry cask maturation.

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