Kilchoman China Small Batch No. 1

Cask type: 70 % Bourbon Barrels / 5 % Oloroso Sherry Casks / 25 % Port Hogsheads

Age: NAS

Date Bottled: 6.8.2019

Strength: 48,2 % abv

Phenol level: 50 ppm

Number of bottles: 2520

Bottle volume: 0,7 l

Bottle code: SB 06.08.19 19/103

Market: China

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With the series of Small Batch Releases for Selected Markets, launched in 2019, renamed ‘Triskele Casks’ in 2023 and discontinued at the end of 2023, Kilchoman showcased its experimental side. Each individual batch was created specifically for individual export markets and demonstrated the influence of different cask types on the maturation of Kilchoman whisky.

The basis of each bottling was an already finished Machir Bay vatting or Machir Bay Collaborative Vatting, i.e. a whisky with 46% alcohol strength, which had previously been matured for 3-5 years mainly in bourbon casks and 5-15% in Oloroso sherry casks. This vatting was then married with an additional special cask. With the usual Small Batch editions of about 1,260 bottles, this is literally exactly one cask in the vatting. For the double China Small Batch editions, two casks are required in each case.

For the China Small Batch No. 1 the additional casks are two Port Hogsheads. The shares are stated as 70% Bourbon, 5% Sherry and 25% Port.