All about the Kilchoman distillery and its whiskies
In October 2024, Kilchoman released its first limited edition cask strength bottling of Sanaig. This was in response to the increasingly calls from Kilchoman fans, following several highly popular cask strength releases of Machir Bay, for the second General Release of Sanaig to also be bottled at cask strength. This 2024 Sanaig Cask Strength release was a huge success and […]
Read moreKilchoman has now announced the launch of its next limited release: the Cognac Cask Matured 2026 Edition. Since 2014, Kilchoman has been releasing, between one and three times a year, fully matured whiskies from so-called ‘experimental cask types’ – that is, casks that most distilleries would normally use for finishing. The first Cognac Matured Limited Release was launched in 2023; […]
Read moreSince April 2026, Kilchoman has been offering warehouse tastings to visitors to the distillery. These take place once a day from Sunday to Thursday in Warehouse 2, one of the four on-site dunnage warehouses, which is primarily used to store so-called ‘experimental’ cask types. Guests will draw whisky straight from the cask and explore three specially selected casks that highlight […]
Read moreLast year, to mark the twentieth anniversary of the distillery’s founding, Kilchoman released a strictly limited series of four different small-batch bottlings in high-quality decorative packaging – the 20th Anniversary Cask Series. This allowed whisky enthusiasts to trace the development of Kilchoman whisky up to an age of 18 years. . . Kilchoman has now announced the Family Collection, a […]
Read moreWith the release of “Rockside 11 years old”, the Kilchoman Distillery has now reached a new milestone in its history that cannot be praised highly enough. Twenty years after its founding, there is finally a permanently available bottling produced exclusively from barley grown at Kilchoman’s Rockside Farm. The bottlings known as 100% Islay or “Single Farm Single Malts” – that […]
Read moreThe latest edition of Loch Gorm, Kilchoman’s annual Oloroso sherry cask matured limited release, is now available. As is well known, 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 […]
Read moreThis year, the Islay festival Fèis Ìle is celebrating its 40th anniversary. Due to the new Islay distilleries, the festival has now been extended to 10 days, with a particularly large number of interesting events announced. Today, Kilchoman unveiled its programme for the Kilchoman Open Day on Thursday 28 May, presented the festival special edition bottling and announced two tasting […]
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