All about the Kilchoman distillery and its whiskies
On 1 June, the Kilchoman Open Day of Fèis Ìle 2023, Kilchoman released it’s first 16-year-old Oloroso sherry cask bottling as a Distillery Exclusive Release. Following the first two 16-year-old Kilchoman releases in 2022, which were matured in bourbon barrels, Kilchoman bottled the penultimate remaining Oloroso sherry butt from 2006. As the last remaining 2006 sherry butt (no. 333/2006) is […]
Read moreThe Kilchoman Open Day at this year’s Fèis Ìle was once again a great success. In beautiful weather, numerous guests visited the distillery on 1 June and took part in the many events on offer, enjoyed live music and culinary delights. With some photos we want to review the day. We would like to thank John Brian, Neil McChrystal, Graham […]
Read more1 June 2023 was Kilchoman Open Day at this year’s Islay Festival Fèis Ìle. In beautiful weather, the numerous visitors were once again able to enjoy a variety of programme items, live music, food and drink. And, of course, queued up for the always coveted Fèis Ìle special bottling. For this year’s edition, Kilchoman founder Anthony Wills had selected and […]
Read moreOn the occasion of the Islay Festival Fèis Ìle, the well-known French whisky merchant La Maison du Whisky, which is also the Kilchoman importer for France, has once again released an exclusive range of whiskies from the famous island under the name Islay Selection. Among them are two new Kilchoman Small Batch releases for France. As with two announced bottlings […]
Read moreOn 1 June, the Kilchoman Open Day of Fèis Ìle 2023, Kilchoman released another Distillery Exclusive Release as a “surprise bottle”, so to speak. And this is an absolute rarity with a 16-year-old Oloroso Sherry cask bottling. After the first two 16-year-old Kilchoman releases of the previous year, which were matured in bourbon barrels, Kilchoman has now bottled one of […]
Read moreJust in time for Fèis Ìle, a new Distillery Exclusive Release has been available in the Kilchoman visitor centre since yesterday. This is sure to meet with great interest among visitors to the distillery, as it is a world first: the first Kilchoman Calvados Full Maturation. Since the release of the first Kilchoman Calvados Finish bottling on 24 September 2020, […]
Read moreThe basis of the whiskies in the series of Small Batch Releases for selected markets, which began in 2019, is an already finished Machir Bay vatting or Machir Bay Collaborative Vatting , i.e. a whisky with 46% alcohol strength, which was previously matured for approx. 5 years predominantly in bourbon barrels and 5-15% in oloroso sherry casks. This vatting is […]
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