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After the record figures of 2020 – in which Germany had by far the most single cask releases of any Kilchoman market in 2020 and almost every fifth Kilchoman single cask was bottled for Germany – it had become quite quiet on the German market. For almost 9 month not one Kilchoman Single Cask release appeared in Germany, which was […]
Read moreAfter a few months of interruption, Kilchoman has now announced a new online tasting with Anthony & George Wills. By Kilchoman’s count, this is already the 14th live tasting of the successful series started in COVID times. However, this count only includes the truly interactive tastings with previously sent tasting packs; the first two “Friday Night In” tastings with Anthony […]
Read moreAfter some time, the very active Canadian importer Gold Medal Marketing Inc. Alberta recently released a new Kilchoman Single Cask bottling for Canada.Distilled in 2013 using the farm’s own barley from the 2012 harvest, the 100% Islay whisky was matured for 8 years in a bourbon barrel. . Cask No.: 15/2013 Cask type: Ex-Bourbon Barrel Distillation Date: 24.1.2013 Bottling Date: […]
Read moreThe Polish Kilchoman importer M&P Pavlina has just released a new 10-year Kilchoman Single Cask Release in its Cask Collection Club series. These are the dates: . Cask No.: 320/2010 Cask type: Ex-Bourbon Barrel Distillation Date: 29.6.2010 Bottling Date: 20.4.2021 Age: 10 yo Strength: 59,1 % Phenol level: 50 ppm Number of bottles: 234 Bottle volume: 0,7 l Market: Poland […]
Read moreA few days ago, one of the still rare Calvados bottlings was released for the Australian wine and spirits merchant Nicks Wine Merchants. By the way, this is the 5th Kilchoman Single Cask Release for the Australian market.The whisky has been matured in a fresh bourbon barrel for 7 years before being finished in a Calvados hogshead for 10 months. […]
Read moreKilchoman proudly announced today the arrival of a shipment of Amarone wine casks from the Valpolicella region, which will be filled in the following days (Anthony Wills had already mentioned this briefly on 4 June at the Fèis Ìle Experimental Cask Live Tasting). So in a few years’ time, we can look forward to Kilchoman whiskies matured in another “experimental […]
Read moreFollowing the reopening of the visitor centre, which was temporarily closed due to the COVID pandemic, Kilchoman has now also resumed the bottling of Distillery Shop Exclusive releases. We hope, of course, that the series of Online Shop Exclusives introduced in the meantime will nevertheless continue. Not only because it is still extremely difficult to get to Islay at the […]
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