All about the Kilchoman distillery and its whiskies
The highlight of the numerous celebrations marking Kilchoman’s 20th anniversary this year was undoubtedly the gala party held on Islay on 6 September. Kilchoman invited 230 guests, companions of the distillery over the last 20 years. Among them were importers from 35 countries worldwide, all shareholders, representatives of the companies José y Miguel Martín and Forsyths, many employees, from the […]
Read moreThe year 2025 marks a special milestone in Kilchoman’s history. Opened in 2005 as the first new distillery on Islay in 124 years, Kilchoman is now, two decades later, an extremely successful Islay whisky distillery and is particularly proud of being independent and family-run, and of implementing the traditional production methods of a farm distillery ‘from barley to bottle’. To […]
Read moreAfter a break of almost two years, German Kilchoman importer Hanseatische Weinhandelsgesellschaft Bremen has now released An t-Earrach 2025, a new edition of the Uniquely Islay series, which is distributed exclusively in Germany. Following Uniquely Islay – An t-Earrach 2020, Uniquely Islay – An Geamhradh 2020, Uniquely Islay – An Samhradh 2021, Uniquely Islay – An t-Earrach 2022, Uniquely Islay […]
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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