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Three interesting Kilchoman single cask bottlings have just been released in Slovakia: a Sauternes finish, an 11-year-old bourbon cask maturation and only the second Kilchoman Armagnac finish release worldwide. In the case of the latter, the comparison with the world’s first release, which was released in Germany in autumn 2021 within the Uniquely Islay – An Samhradh 2021 series, should […]
Read moreAt the end of February, a Kilchoman Single Cask Release – a Sauternes Cask Finish – was released for the first time for the Dutch beverage chain Gall & Gall.The whisky was first matured in a fresh bourbon barrel for over 6 years before being finished in a Sauternes wine cask for 9 months. . Cask No: 704/2014 Cask type: […]
Read moreA good two years after the “Sweden Small Batch No. 1”, the “Sweden Small Batch No. 2” bottled at the end of 2021 was released a few days ago. The basis of the whiskies in the 2019 introduced new series of Small Batch Releases for Selected Markets is always an already finished Machir Bay vatting or Machir Bay Collaborative Vatting , i.e. a whisky with 46% […]
Read moreSome days ago a new bottling of a Kilchoman Sauternes Finish Single Cask was released by spirits.com.pl. The cask was selected by Łukasz Gołębiewski on the occasion of his wedding. Łukasz Gołębiewski is a well known Polish journalist and book author who is also editor-in-chief of spirits.com.pl and the spirits magazine Aqua Vitae The whisky has been matured in a […]
Read moreMore than a year ago, Harvest – Stage 1, the first bottling of the Genesis series developed by the German Kilchoman importer Hanseatische Weinhandelsgesellschaft Bremen, was released. Now the second bottling of the series, Malting – Stage 2, followed just in time for the Christmas season. The marketing concept of the Genesis series is to trace the production of Kilchoman […]
Read moreThe basis of the whiskies in the 2019 introduced new series of Small Batch Releases for selected markets is always an already finished Machir Bay vatting or Machir Bay Collaborative Vatting , i.e. a whisky with 46% alcohol strength, which was previously matured for approx. 5 years predominantly in bourbon barrels and 5-15% in oloroso sherry casks. This vatting is then married with an additional special […]
Read moreToday ended the 3rd part of the auction of casks of Kilchoman New Make, which had started on December 3 (we reported).On the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the Kilchoman distillery – which was officially opened at Fèis Ìle 2005 – a total of 15 casks of Kilchoman New Make were auctioned in 3 tranches of 5 casks each. […]
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