All about the Kilchoman distillery and its whiskies
A limited edition bottle of Kilchoman Distillery’s first ever single malt from cask number one, filled in December 2005, was auctioned for charity by Anthony Wills on May 28 during the Kilchoman Open Day at the Islay Whisky Festival for a whopping £5,400. The winning bid was made by Niels Ladefoged, originally from Denmark and who lives in the UK. […]
Read moreKilchoman today published a press release about the auction of the first bottle of a Kilchoman single malt whisky: On 28 May, Kilchoman Distillery will auction one bottle of the three year old malt out of the very first cask that was filled in December 2005. The limited edition bottle will have a unique design and will be the only […]
Read moreKilchoman celebrated its first milestone on 14 December last year when the first cask to be filled at the distillery reached the legal whisky requirement of three years maturation in an oak cask. The local newspaper Ileach reported on this today: Founded in 2005 by Anthony Wills and privately owned, Kilchoman produces just 90,000 litres of spirit a year. Not […]
Read moreOn 4 March 2004, an application was submitted to Argyll & Bute Council to amend the planning permission granted on 7 December 2001. The amendments/additions mainly include: . Planning permission is granted on 8 June 2004 and the Kilchoman Distillery project will now begin to become reality. Following the preparatory work carried out in 2003, work continued in May 2004 […]
Read moreSpring 2003: Although the funds required to build the distillery have not yet been fully raised, initial preparatory work begins on converting some of the former farm buildings. The work, like all the conversion and new-build projects carried out in 2004 and 2005, is being carried out by ‘Woodrow Construction Ltd’, a local building firm that was also involved in […]
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