All about the Kilchoman distillery and its whiskies
The Berlin whisky fair Cöpenicker Whiskyherbst took place for the 13th time on 7 and 8 September 2012. Organised in 2000 by three Berlin whisky retailers, the Cöpenicker Whiskyherbst began in the courtyard of the famous town hall (the one with the Hauptmann statue), before moving to Freiheit 15, right on the banks of the Spree, in 2006 due to […]
Read moreThe Kilchoman distillery had been looking for a location for a new bonded warehouse since 2009. Warehouse No. 1, built in 2005 on the distillery site, had quickly become too small. As it was not possible to build further warehouses on Rockside Farm, the search was on for a suitable site throughout Islay. This was believed to have been found […]
Read moreKilchoman today announced the release of the 2nd edition of the annual limited “100% Islay” release for 1 September 2012. As with the first edition, the whisky produced “from barley to bottle” 100% by the Kilchoman distillery is a vatting of 1st fill and refill bourbon barrels, in which the whisky was matured for more than 3 years. Compared to […]
Read moreAt the Home Gathering to mark its 150th anniversary on 28 July 2012 in Bowmore, the Glasgow Islay Association presented a Vatted Islay Malt Scotch Whisky. Created by Bruichladdich’s Master Blender Jim McEwan and bottled at the Bruichladdich distillery, the whisky consists of single malts from all eight active Islay distilleries. The edition is 150 bottles with an alcohol content […]
Read moreThe first Tokyo International Bar Show, organised by the Nippon Bartenders Association, took place alongside the 12th edition of the renowned whisky fair Whisky Live! Japan 2012 from 5 to 6 May 2012 at Tokyo Midtown. Anthony Wills had travelled to Japan again this year and, alongside the latest Kilchoman bottlings, presented a single cask release – bottled exclusively for […]
Read moreIn January, Kilchoman reported in detail – including on its newly launched Facebook page – on the start of production in January 2012, which saw the first processing of the new barley variety Publican, harvested in autumn 2011 at Rockside Farm. Whilst the Optic variety of barley had been grown and processed from 2005 to 2010, the switch was made […]
Read moreAs Islay’s local newspaper Ileach reported yesterday, the Kilchoman distillery has taken over sponsorship of the increasingly successful Islay Pipe Band. Andrew McEachern, speaking on behalf of the band, told the Ileach: “We are delighted that Kilchoman have stepped in just as it was looking as if we would enter 2012 with no sponsorship deal. The whole band would like […]
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