Kilchoman Machir Bay Collaborative Vatting selected by Whisky.de (2nd Edition: 85 / 15 – Vat No. 1902)

Vat No.: 1902

Cask types: Bourbon Barrels (85 %), Oloroso Sherry Casks (15 %)

Age: NAS

Date Bottled: 23.11.2020

Strength: 46,0 % abv

Phenol level: 50 ppm

Number of bottles: 120

Bottle volume: 0,7 l

Bottle code: MBV 23.11.20 20/165

GTIN: 5 060210 703349

Market: Germany

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From 2018 to 2023, Kilchoman offered local retailers the opportunity to create customised bottlings of the distillery´s flagship whisky Machir Bay with the ‘Machir Bay Collaborative Vattings’.

Deviating from the normal cask composition of Machir Bay, which consists of 90% bourbon and 10% Oloroso sherry cask-matured whisky, retailers could choose between four different variants with slightly altered proportions for the Collaborative Vattings: 95% bourbon / 5% sherry, 92.5% bourbon / 7.5% sherry, 87.5% bourbon / 12.5% sherry or 85% bourbon / 15% sherry cask-matured whisky. As with the ‘normal’ Machir Bay bottlings, the alcohol content was 46%. The boxes and bottles in the usual Machir Bay design were labelled with an individual sticker from the retailer.

After the largest German online whisky retailer Whisky.de had already released an edition with 87.5% bourbon and 12.5% sherry at the end of 2020, the 2nd edition listed here followed in January 2021 with a sherry content of 15%.