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A good two years after the “Sweden Small Batch No. 1”, the “Sweden Small Batch No. 2” bottled at the end of 2021 was released a few days ago. The 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% […]
Read moreMore 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 moreCask types: 70 % Bourbon Barrels / 5 % Oloroso Sherry Cask / 25 % Sauternes Hogshead Age: NAS Date Bottled: 16.11.2021 Strength: 49,1 % abv Phenol level: 50 ppm Number of bottles: 2.100 Bottle volume: 0,7 l Bottle Code: SB 16.11.21 21/125 Barcode: 5 060210 704988 Market: UK . Just in time for the festive season, the 3rd Kilchoman […]
Read moreAnthony Wills had emphasised several times in the recent past that Kilchoman would like to focus more on “provenance” in the future when it comes to the wine casks used for whisky maturation. I.e. instead of using “anonymous” Sauternes or red wine casks, to indicate the exact origin, grape variety and producer. However, he also stressed that it is not […]
Read moreThe US Kilchoman importer ImpEx Beverages announced yesterday the release of USA Small Batch No. 4. So while only one or two Small Batch releases have been released in each of most Kilchoman sales markets around the world, there will be soon four in the USA. As repeatedly reported, the Small Batch Releases for Selected Markets are basically Machir Bay […]
Read moreThe German Kilchoman importer Hanseatische Weinhandelsgesellschaft Bremen has announced a new Kilchoman range, developed exclusively for the German market. The Genesis series is intended to trace the production of Kilchoman whisky “from barley to bottle”. The eight stages of the journey, which takes at least 1130 days (as Kilchoman founder Anthony Wills puts it), from the harvesting of the barley, […]
Read moreKilchoman today announced the next, now already 5th edition of the Online Live Tastings for April 24, 2020. As usual, Anthony and James Wills will be tasting some Kilchoman whiskies in the new visitor centre. Starting at 6pm GMT, Instagram and Facebook users will be able to participate, ask questions and, if they were lucky enough to purchase one of […]
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