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From 19 to 21 November, the International Whisky Festival was supposed to take place in The Hague. As festival releases, the organisers had two different Kilchoman single casks bottled: an STR cask finish and one of the still extremely rare mezcal cask finishings. However, due to the stricter Corona regulations in the Netherlands, the festival had to be cancelled at […]
Read moreCask No.: 224/2011 Cask type: Ex-Bourbon Barrel, STR Cask Finish Distillation Date: 12.05.2011 Bottling Date: 20.4.2021 Age: 9 yo Strength: 53,7 % abv Phenol level: 50 ppm Number of bottles: 245 Bottle volume: 0,7 l Market: Sweden . As the second edition of the Sweden Exclusive series, this STR Finish bottling was released at the beginning of October 2021. The […]
Read moreCask No.: 230/2011 Cask type: 1st Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel, STR Cask Finish Distillation Date: 12.05.2011 Bottling Date: 1.4.2021 Age: 9 yo Strength: 52,5 % Phenol level: 50 ppm Bottle volume: 0,7 l Market: Japan . This single cask bottling for Japan was released in late summer 2021. The whisky has been matured in a fresh ex-bourbon barrel for over 8 […]
Read moreA new single cask bottling was recently released for Binny´s Beverage Depot. The company, founded in 1948, is the Midwest´s largest wine, beer and spirits superstore with 45 locations in Illinois.In the past, a number of exclusive Kilchoman single casks have been released by Binny’s, the latest edition is now an STR cask finish. The whisky was first matured for […]
Read moreOn June 3, the Kilchoman Open Day at the Fèis Ìle 2021 Kilchoman also released a new Online Shop Exclusive bottling.It is a 10 year old STR Cask finish, the oldest release with this type of cask so far. Distilled on May 12, 2011, the whisky was first matured for over 8 years in a fresh bourbon barrel (No. 232/2011) […]
Read moreAt the end of April, a new single cask bottling was released for the Japanese market. Under the series title Japan Ambassador’s Cask, Kilchoman’s Japanese brand ambassador Hidetoshi Maekawa, owner of the bar Shamrock in Takamatsu, wants to market Kilchoman bottlings selected by him in the future. For the first single cask in this series, he chose an STR finish […]
Read moreCask Number: 228/2011 Cask type: 1st Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel, STR Hogshead Finish Distillation Date: 12.5.2011 Bottling Date: 16.1.2021 Age: 9 yo Strength: 54,7 % abv Phenol level: 50 ppm Number of bottles: 246 Bottle volume: 0,7 l Market: Norway . Marius Vestnes, who gave this release its name, is the director of the Norwegian Kilchoman importer. The whisky for this […]
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