Kilchoman USA Small Batch No. 8

Cask types: 75 % Bourbon / 5 % Oloroso Sherry / 20 % Port

Age: NAS

Date Bottled: 11.04.2023

Strength: 47,7 % abv

Level of phenols in malted barley: 50 ppm

Number of bottles: 2.550 [recte: 2540]

Bottle volume: 0,75 l

Bottle Code: SB 11/04/23 23/15

Barcode: 8 92032 04571 1

Market: USA

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Pictures by John Born

With the series of Small Batch Releases for Selected Markets, which was launched in 2019 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 has previously been matured for 3-5 years mainly in bourbon casks and 5-15% in Oloroso sherry casks. This vatting was then married with an additional special cask.

In July 2023, the US Kilchoman importer ImpEx Beverages already released the “USA Small Batch No. 8”.
This time the vatting combined Bourbon and Oloroso Sherry matured Kilchoman at 46% ABV with specially selected 2014 Ruby Port hogsheads, at natural cask strength. The resulting proportions were given as 75% Bourbon, 5% Oloroso Sherry and 20% Port.

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