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The latest edition of Loch Gorm, Kilchoman’s annual sherry matured limited release, is now available. The bottling is named after the largest freshwater loch on Islay, located near the distillery, whose dark, murky waters are said to be reflected in the rich copper tones of the sherry-matured Loch Gorm. The annual Loch Gorm editions vary slightly from year to year […]
Read moreThe Kilchoman distillery today announced the release of this year’s Loch Gorm. Named after the famous loch near the distillery, the bottling is known to be matured exclusively in Oloroso sherry casks and is traditionally the first limited Kilchoman release of the year. For the 2024 edition, Kilchoman founder Anthony Wills and production director Robin Bignal selected 23 Oloroso sherry […]
Read moreThe annual Kilchoman Oloroso sherry cask bottling Loch Gorm is certainly one of the most popular Kilchoman bottlings. The 2023 edition represents a certain caesura in the development of the series and so we were very excited to try it. The composition of the Loch Gorm batches varied from year to year in terms of the age of the casks […]
Read moreThe Kilchoman distillery today announced the release of this year’s Loch Gorm. Named after the famous loch near the distillery, the bottling is matured exclusively in sherry casks and is traditionally the first limited Kilchoman release of the year. For the 2023 edition, Kilchoman founder Anthony Wills and production manager Robin Bignal selected a total of 22 casks, 8 distilled […]
Read moreLoch Gorm is the annual bottling matured exclusively in sherry casks that has opened the Kilchoman year for many years. However, due to the postponement of the Madeira Cask Matured Release from autumn 2021 to spring 2022, it is not the first limited Kilchoman bottling this year. It will also be released a month later than usual due to ongoing […]
Read moreAs usual, the series of annual limited releases will be opened again this year with Loch Gorm, the Kilchoman whisky matured exclusively in oloroso sherry casks. At the Kilchoman online tasting on 18 February, the whisky could already be tasted in advance and interesting information about this year’s edition could be learned. The 2021 edition is a vatting of 24 […]
Read moreKilchoman today announced the first online tasting of 2021 with George & Peter Wills for 21 February from 7pm Islay time. In addition to the two Core Range whiskies Machir Bay and Sanaig, the Tasting Pack this time includes two pre-release samples of 2021 that are likely to attract the most interest, Loch Gorm 2021 and Comraich Batch 4. . […]
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