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A good year after Poland Small Batch No. 1, the Polish Kilchoman importer M&P now released the 2nd bottling of the series. The whiskies in the series of Small Batch Releases for selected markets launched in 2019, with which Kilchoman aims to showcase its experimental side, are each based on an already finished Machir Bay vatting or Machir Bay Collaborative […]
Read moreAfter the well-known Dutch online spirits retailer drankdozijn (D12) had just released its fifth Kilchoman Single Cask Release with “Ubhal”, the sixth is now already following under the name “Mealach”. Previously, “Blond” and “Auburn” were released at the end of 2020, “Lava” in mid-2021, and “Añejo” at the end of 2021. “Mealach” means “sweet” in Gaelic, which is a clear […]
Read moreThe Kilchoman Appreciation Society is the largest Facebook group of Kilchoman lovers worldwide. For their first own single cask bottling, 50 of their members chose Sauternes Cask No. 903/2015 from 4 different cask samples in an online tasting with Anthony Wills on 3 February 2022. The cask was bottled in mid-April and since yesterday the 50 members of the selection […]
Read moreThree 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 […]
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