All about the Kilchoman distillery and its whiskies
More 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 moreThe French Kilchoman importer and whisky shop “La Maison du Whisky” released three new exclusive Kilchoman Single Cask bottlings on 24 May: 14 yo Fresh Bourbon Barrel French ExclusiveCask-No. 61/2007, 53,9 %, 159 € 8 yo Fresh Oloroso Sherry Hogshead French ExclusiveCask-No. 51/2013, 58,0 %, 125 € 5 yo Fresh Sauternes Hogshead for LMDW´s Islay RoomCask-No. 902/2015, 58,1 %, 115 […]
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. […]
Read moreKilchoman now announced the release of their first “Sauternes Cask Matured Release”. It will be available at retailers worldwide in the coming week. After a “Port Cask” and a “Madeira Cask Release” in the last two years, the “Sauternes Cask Matured Release” continues the series of annual wine cask maturations. Distilled at the end of 2010 / beginning of 2011, […]
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