Alles über die Destillerie Kilchoman und ihre Whiskies
Spring: John MacLellan, manager of the Bunnahabhain distillery for many years, joins Kilchoman as the new manager. In addition to managing the day-to-day business, he will also be responsible for cask selection in future. The old manager Malcolm Rennie is moving to the newly founded Lowland Distillery Annandale. April: with the “Spring 2010 Release” the 3rd edition of a Kilchoman […]
Read moreFebruary: with the “Machir Bay 2012”, Kilchoman launches its first General Release. Unlike the previous limited releases, it will be permanently available in all Kilchoman markets. The edition is named after a bay not far from the distillery with one of Islays most beautiful sandy beaches. Bottled in batches, they plan to increase the age of the whiskies contained from […]
Read moreThe average cask filling rate is now about 21 casks per week, mostly fresh ex-bourbon barrels from the Buffalo Trace Distillery, but still sherry butts, too. By the end of the year just over 130,000 litres of pure alcohol will have been produced. April 8: “Loch Gorm” is released. Named after the famous lake near the distillery, Kilchoman now gives […]
Read moreThe “Machir Bay” appears from now on without year specification. Named after the bay not far from the distillery with one of Islay’s most beautiful sandy beaches, the batch-bottled release was labelled with the year of bottling from 2012 to 2014. During this period, the age of the whiskies contained in the bottle increased from year to year. From 2015 […]
Read moreJanuary: Renovation work on the malt Floor In February 2016, a new bottling has been released exclusively in Germany, the “Small Batch for Germany PX Finish & Oloroso”. For this release, two Bourbon Barrels bottled on 4.11.2010, which received a PX Finish after 5 years of maturation, and one Oloroso Sherry Cask, the contents of which were distilled on 1.9.2011, […]
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