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Kilchoman distillery has now announced that its sherry cask-influenced NAS malt Sanaig, named after an inlet north west of the distillery, will join Machir Bay as the distillery´s core range. Sanaig has a heavy oloroso cask influence in contrast to the predominantly ex-Bourbon cask-matured Machir Bay. Both continuously matured oloroso sherry casks – namely the smaller sherry hogsheads – and […]
Read moreIn 2015, the Kilchoman Distillery celebrated its 10th anniversary — its first major milestone. To mark the occasion, a special 10th Anniversary Release was launched, the anniversary was celebrated in style at the Islay Festival Fèis Ìle, and two major promotional tours were organised, one across continental Europe and one across the UK. Among the new bottlings of the year […]
Read moreThe 10th Milano Whisky Festival took place from 14 to 15 November 2015 at the Marriott Hotel in Milan. As for the Milano Whisky Festivals 2012 and 2013, Kilchoman again released an exclusive single cask bottling. This time, it was a whisky matured for almost six years in a fresh ex-bourbon barrel. . Cask No.: 463/2009 Cask type: 1st Fill […]
Read moreFollowing last year’s Club Release, which introduced the first Kilchoman whisky matured in Madeira casks, the distillery has announced the exclusive 2015 Club bottling for tomorrow. Once again, this is a world first: Kilchoman’s first ‘Sauterne(s) Cask Release’. Three fresh Sauternes casks were selected for this release, which had been filled in November and December 2010 and January 2011. The […]
Read moreAs they did last year, Peter and James Wills, the sons of the founder and Managing Director Anthony Wills, once again toured Europe in the Kilchoman Land Rover this autumn. To mark the distillery’s tenth anniversary, they spent six weeks in September and October travelling through Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Denmark and Sweden. . . We would like to […]
Read moreKilchoman announced today that the last Limited Release of 2015 will be available on 5 October. And this one is something very special: a Madeira Cask Matured Release. Following last year’s limited edition 3rd Club Release, which featured a Kilchoman from a Madeira cask, this is the first time that a larger release from this type of cask will be […]
Read moreUnder the name The Trilogy, the French Kilchoman importer and whisky shop La Maison du Whisky (LMDW) has now released three new Kilchoman single cask bottlings. These are three five-year-old whiskies from three different cask types. In addition to the bottling of a fresh bourbon barrel, there is also an Oloroso sherry butt and a Pedro Ximénez finish. This gives […]
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