Kilchoman Madeira Finish Single Cask 179/2012 for The Distillery Shop
Cask No.: 179/2012
Casktype: 1st Fill Ex-Bourbon barrel, finished in a 1st Fill Madeira hogshead
Date Filled: 12.4.2012
Date Bottled: 19.8.2019
Strength: 56,4 % abv
Phenol level: 50 ppm
Number of bottles: 258
Bottle size: 0,7 l
Distribution: Distillery Shop Exclusive
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From 28 August 2019, this Distillery Exclusive release was available at the Kilchoman Visitor Centre for £79.50. The bottling of cask no. 179/2012 spent 6 years in a 1st Fill Buffalo Trace Bourbon barrel and was then finished in a fresh Madeira hogshead for 16 months.
The cask 179/2012 is one of at least eight sister casks (Nos. 178/2012-185/2012), that have been launched in 2019 and 2020 as Single Cask Madeira Finish releases in different countries. Both 1st Fill and 2nd Fill Bourbon barrels, which were all filled on 12.04.2012, were later finished in Madeira hogsheads for different lengths. Here is the complete list:
- Madeira Finish Single Cask for Tiger´s Finest Selection, Taiwan (Cask 178/2012, 12.04.2012 – 2019, 56,3%)
- Madeira Finish Single Cask 7 yo for The Distillery Shop (Cask 179/2012, 12.04.2012 – 19.08.2019, 56,4%, 7 yo)
- Madeira Finish Single Cask for Holy Dram Israel (Cask 180/2012, 12.04.2012 – 14.02.2019, 56,3%, 6 yo)
- Madeira Finish Single Cask, Uniquely Islay, An t-Earrach 2020#1/9 (Cask 181/2012, 12.04.2012 – 30.04.2020, 54,1%, 8 yo)
- Madeira Finish Single Cask for Bulgaria (Cask 182/2012, 12.04.2012 – 24.01.2020, 54,4%, 7 yo
- Madeira Finish Single Cask for Greek Whisky Association (Cask 183/2012, 12.04.2012 – 17.06.2019, 55,6%, 7 yo
- Madeira Finish Single Cask for Cask Norway (Cask 184/2012, 12.04.2012 – 12.04.2020, 54,7%, 8 yo)
- Madeira Finish Single Cask, Uniquely Islay, An t-Earrach 2020#2/9 (Cask 185/2012, 12.04.2012 – 30.04.2020, 54,2%, 8 yo)