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After 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 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 moreKilchoman has now discontinued its series of Small Batch Releases for Selected Markets, which was only renamed Triskele Casks in mid-2023. Reason enough for us to honour the series, which was launched in July 2019, once again in detail in an overview article. Kilchoman pursued several objectives in 2019 with the series of Small Batch Releases for Selected Markets, which […]
Read moreAt the end of 2018, Kilchoman launched the ‘Machir Bay Collaborative Vatting Programme’, which aimed to give local retailers the opportunity to create personalised bottlings of the distillery´s flagship expression Machir Bay. Deviating from the normal cask composition of Machir Bay, which is 90% bourbon and 10% Oloroso sherry, retailers could choose one of four different variants with slightly altered […]
Read moreIn 2019, the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA), the trade body of the Scotch whisky industry, changed the regulations on cask maturation of Scotch whisky. In the course of the trend towards maturing or finishing whisky in increasingly exotic casks in order to offer consumers new taste experiences, demands for a relaxation of the previous rules, which many distilleries considered restrictive, […]
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