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The Kilchoman distillery, founded at the Fèis Ìle 2005, is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. As part of the anniversary celebrations, Kilchoman plans to release an anniversary series comprising four bottlings aged between 14 and 18 years. In addition, all other limited releases, such as Loch Gorm, 100% Islay etc., are also set to be released this year with […]
Read moreIn October 2021, the three Dutch spirits shops Verhaar, Van der Hejden and Woudenberg released a Ruby Port Quarter Cask Finish in their joint series The Whisky Trinity. Kilchoman’s Port Quarter Cask finishing process involves decanting the contents of a bourbon barrel into two Port Quarter Casks half the size of the bourbon barrel and maturing them for a few more months. The […]
Read moreTwo new Ruby Port Quarter Cask Finish bottlings have been released in the Netherlands in the last few days, and a third has been announced. Port finishings in small quarter casks, one of the Kilchoman novelties of 2020, are still quite rare to find. First launched in the 2nd half of 2020, only a dozen of these bottlings have appeared […]
Read moreIt has become almost a nice tradition that Kilchoman offers some of the single casks, which were tasted at the online tastings held regularly since the Corona restrictions, afterwards as a bottling in the online store of the distillery for sale. With the Ruby Port Quarter Cask Finish tasted at the last online tasting with George and James Wills on […]
Read moreKilchoman today announced the second online tasting of 2021 with George and James Wills for 8 April from 7pm Islay time. As with the 1st online tasting of the year, the tasting pack includes the two Core Range whiskies Machir Bay and Sanaig and two pre-release samples of 2021, this time the PX Matured release and a Ruby Port Quarter […]
Read moreCask Number: 1004/2010 Cask type: Quarter Casks, Bourbon Barrel Distillation Date: 20.10.2010 Bottling Date: 1.10.2020 Age: 9 yo Strength: 55,2% Phenol level: 50 ppm Number of bottles: 238 Bottle volume: 0,75 l Market: USA . This bottling, realised by the American whisky club “200 Club” via the Californian wine and spirits merchant Roco Wine & Spirits and released on 25.2.2021, […]
Read moreThe Dutch Kilchoman importer Bresser & Timmer recently announced the first Kilchoman Ruby Port Quarter Cask release for the Netherlands. As we have reported on several occasions, finishings in small Portwine quarter casks have been one of the Kilchoman novelties of 2020. First launched in the 2nd half of 2020, only around half a dozen of these bottlings have appeared […]
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