Kilchoman Korea Small Batch No. 1

Cask types: 75 % Bourbon Barrels / 5 % Oloroso Sherry Cask / 20 % Sauternes Hogshead

Age: NAS

Date Bottled: 7.4.2022

Strength: 49,0 % abv

Level of phenols in malted barley: 50 ppm

Number of bottles: 1.260

Bottle volume: 0,7 l

Bottle code: 07.04.22 22/24

Barcode: 5 060210 705947

Market: (South) Korea

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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 around 5 years mainly in bourbon casks and 5-15% in Oloroso sherry casks. This vatting was then married with an additional special cask.

For the Korea Small Batch No. 1, the additional cask is a Sauternes Hogshead. The proportions of the individual casks in the vatting are given as 70% Bourbon, 5% Oloroso Sherry and 25% Sauternes.

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