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After the German Kilchoman importer Hanseatische Weinhandelsgesellschaft Bremen had already released the series of Kilchoman single cask bottlings ‘The Sister Casks – A Maturation Journey’ at the beginning of the year to mark the company’s 50th anniversary, it is now concluding the anniversary year with another Kilchoman single cask bottling. This time it is one of the rather rare bottlings […]
Read moreTraditionally, Kilchoman releases an exclusive bottling for the members of its Kilchoman Club at the end of each year. This year’s 13th club release has now been announced. Anthony Wills and Robin Bignal decided on a nine-year-old single cask bottling of an Oloroso sherry butt. Sourced from Bodega José y Miguel Martín in Jerez, cask 209/2015 is a fresh ex-oloroso […]
Read moreAfter the first celebrated 16-year-old Kilchoman releases two years ago, it was of course only a matter of time before we would be able to welcome the first 18-year old bottling. However, this was not really expected this year, as Kilchoman has announced its first 18-year-old Kilchoman release internally for its anniversary year in 2025, and very few casks from […]
Read moreThe Machir Bay cask strength bottlings occasionally released by Kilchoman enjoyed great popularity among Kilchoman fans. They showed Kilchoman’s standard whisky from an even more fruity side. It is therefore not surprising that Kilchoman was repeatedly asked to bottle the second general release Sanaig at cask strength. So far, only the participants of the “DNA” online tasting at Fèis Ìle […]
Read moreKILCHOMAN DAY 2024 took place on Saturday 5 October at Palazzo Giureconsulti in Piazza del Duomo, Milan. Visitors to the event, which was dedicated entirely to the Kilchoman distillery, were able to purchase and taste Kilchoman limited editions, old bottlings, the ‘core range’ and the distillery’s new releases. Giuseppe Gervasio Dolci and Andrea Giannone, the founders of the Milano Whisky […]
Read moreThe latest Comraich release has been available in the first Comraich bars (an overview can be found here) for a few days now. Kilchoman had been thinking about the concept of Comraich bars in general and the special releases available only there, and has now made some changes. While the earlier Comraich releases, of which six were released on average […]
Read moreAs has always been the case since 2018, when the release date of the annual limited 100% Islay Release was moved to autumn, this year’s edition was also released on time in September. This year’s 14th edition is a vatting of ex-bourbon barrels and Oloroso sherry casks. Barley of the Publican variety was used, which was harvested at Rockside Farm […]
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