Today at 13.00 GMT the 2nd round of the Kilchoman cask auction was started. As we reported earlier, on the
New Releases
2020/10/01 – Two new Kilchoman Releases by The Nectar
The Belgian Kilchoman importer The Nectar has just released two new Kilchoman single cask bottlings. Both are 100% islay releases,
Timeline
Timeline 2001
Anthony Wills, a former wine merchant and independent whisky bottler from England, and Mark French, who runs the Rockside Farm
Tasting Notes
2020/05/01 – Kilchoman 13 yo Single Cask for House of Malt & The Chase Collection, Cask 38/2007
The British whisky dealer House of Malt recently released a new Kilchoman single cask bottling. This bottling of cask no.
2020/10/01 – Two new Kilchoman Releases by The Nectar
The Belgian Kilchoman importer The Nectar has just released two new Kilchoman single cask bottlings. Both are 100% islay releases, i.e. whiskies made from Kilchoman’s own farm-grown barley “from barley to bottle”. The cask 426/2013 has been matured for 7 years in a Bourbon barrel, the second one is a 5 year old PX Sherry full maturation in cask no.
Read more2020/09/29 – The Wills Family Cask Collection by La Maison du Whisky
The well-known French spirits retailer and Kilchoman importer “La Maison du Whisky” has just launched an exclusive range of 5 Kilchoman single cask bottlings under the name “The Wills Family Cask Collection”. The series is based on the concept that each of the five members of the Kilchoman owner family selects a special favourite cask. The individual fillings are anything
Read more2020/09/24 – Cask Auction Batch 2 started
Today at 13.00 GMT the 2nd round of the Kilchoman cask auction was started. As we reported earlier, on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the Kilchoman distillery – which was officially opened at Feis Ile 2005 – a total of 15 casks of Kilchoman New Make will be auctioned in batches of 5 casks until the end of
Read more2020/09/24 – Kilchoman Calvados Finish for Genuss am Gaumen
There aren’t many casks left from which you haven’t been able to taste Kilchoman whisky matured in them. Now another gap has been filled in what Kilchoman founder Anthony Wills likes to call “experimental casks”. On the occasion of its 10th anniversary, the Austrian spirits retailer “Genuss am Gaumen” today presented a Calvados Finish Single Cask for the first time
Read more2020/09/14 – 100% Islay 10th Edition announced
Kilchoman Distillery today announced the release of the 10th edition of the 100% Islay range. It will be available in the distillery’s online shop for £71.94 from September 16th and from whisky retailers worldwide starting next week. The 10th edition is a vatting of 39 ex-Bourbon Barrels and two Oloroso Sherry Butts, which matured for over 9 years in Kilchoman
Read more2020/09/14 – Kilchoman STR Finish Single Cask 225/2011
A new single cask release is now available for purchase in Kilchoman’s online store. After a Madeira and a Cognac Finish Single Cask as well as a 100% Islay Release, this is now the 4th bottling, which replaces the Distillery Shop Exclusive Releases in Corona times, it is an STR Finish Single Cask. Distilled on 12.05.2011, the whisky has been
Read more2020/08/31 – Two experimental vats installed
Two new vatting vessels were recently installed in the newest warehouse of Kilchoman Distillery. Unlike the two vatting tanks used to marry larger releases in Warehouse No. 1, these are not made of steel but are ex-red wine oak vats and are to be used for maturing experiments.The vats have been coopered to Kilchoman’s specifications by the Portuguese cooperage Dias,
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