All about the Kilchoman distillery and its whiskies
After Kilchoman announced the successful completion of this year’s barley harvest on the fields of Rockside Farm last week, this year’s 100% Islay Edition has now been released right on time in September. Since 2018, Kilchoman has moved the release date of its annual 100% Islay Release, made from the farm’s own barley, to autumn, linking it to the end […]
Read moreThe well-known whisky shop Royal Mile Whiskies in Edinburgh has once again released a single cask Kilchoman bottling. As with the last Kilchoman bottling for Royal Mile Whiskies, released just under two years ago, this is another 100% Islay release, i.e. a whisky often referred to by Kilchoman as a ‘single farm single malt’, which was produced entirely at Kilchoman, […]
Read moreThe German Kilchoman importer, Hanseatische Weinhandelsgesellschaft Bremen, has now released a very special single cask bottling for the seven German Comraich bars: the world’s first Kilchoman Orange Wine Cask Finish. Orange wine has not only become increasingly popular among wine lovers in recent years, but the casks are also obviously all the rage in Scottish whisky distilleries. Now whisky fans […]
Read moreAfter the German Kilchoman importer Hanseatische Weinhandelsgesellschaft Bremen had already released the series of Kilchoman single cask bottlings ‘The Sister Casks – A Maturation Journey’ at the beginning of the year to mark the company’s 50th anniversary, it is now concluding the anniversary year with another Kilchoman single cask bottling. This time it is one of the rather rare bottlings […]
Read moreThe Polish Kilchoman importer M&P has now released another Kilchoman single cask bottling for its Cask Collection Club. This time it is an 8-year-old 100% Islay whisky from a bourbon cask. The whisky, which was produced entirely by Kilchoman ‘from barley to bottle’, matured for almost exactly eight years in an ex-Buffalo Trace bourbon barrel from 2016. It was bottled […]
Read moreAs has always been the case since 2018, when the release date of the annual limited 100% Islay Release was moved to autumn, this year’s edition was also released on time in September. This year’s 14th edition is a vatting of ex-bourbon barrels and Oloroso sherry casks. Barley of the Publican variety was used, which was harvested at Rockside Farm […]
Read moreSince last week a new Distillery Exclusive Release is available in the Kilchoman Visitor Centre. This time it is not a single cask bottling but a 100% Islay Small Batch Release. The bottling was created from whiskies that were matured for ten years in ex-bourbon barrels (approx. 60%) and Oloroso sherry casks (approx. 40%). Like all 100% Islay whiskies, the […]
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