Kilchoman Spec´s Small Batch No. 1

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

Age: NAS

Date Bottled: 06/2022

Strength: 50,3 % abv

Level of phenols in malted barley: 50 ppm

Number of bottles: 1.260

Bottle volume: 0,75 l

Market: USA

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The Texas liquor chain “Spec´s. Wine, Spirits & Finer Foods” was founded in 1962 and is now active at 180 locations exclusively in Texas. With the “Small Batch No. 1”, an exclusive Kilchoman Small Batch for Spec’s appeared for the first time in December 2022.

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.

The additional cask here is a Calvados Cask. The proportions are 70% Bourbon, 5% Oloroso Sherry and 25% Calvados.

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