Kilchoman Single Bourbon Cask 146/2008 for The World of Single Malt

Cask No.: 146/2008

Cask type: 1st Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel

Date Filled: 27.3.2008

Date Bottled: 18.6.2013

Age: 5 yo

Strength: 60,7 % abv

Phenol level: 50 ppm

Bottle volume: 0,7 l

Number of Bottles: 252

Market: Germany

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The World of Single Malt is the whisky division of the ERMURI Genuss Company from Detmold. In summer 2013, they released the Kilchoman single cask bottling listed here. The whisky was matured in a fresh ex-bourbon barrel for just over 5 years.

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Tasting Notes

Hans-Peter Neumann

• Nose:
  Very distinct peat smoke nose, more of the bonfire type, only a little medicinal. Very sweet: caramel, honey, then vanilla. Some floor wax and wood notes; does not seem as fresh and light as similar old Kilchomans (Vintage 2007, Machir Bay 2012, 2013).
• Taste:
  Lots of peat smoke, very oily and salty. Clear honey sweetness and very slightly bitter at the end.
• Finish:
  Long, smoky-dry, salty, a little bitter and only slightly metallic.
• Summary:
  Clearly more full-bodied and complex than other equally aged ex-bourbon matured Kilchoman editions. Not so fresh and light; peat smoke very clearly in the foreground, but not dominating everything else. Nice sweetness and hardly metallic.

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