All about the Kilchoman distillery and its whiskies
A new Distillery Shop Exclusive edition – an STR Cask Finish – is now available at the Kilchoman Visitor Center. The whisky was initially matured for just over seven years in a fresh ex-bourbon barrel and was then finished in an STR cask (Shaved, Toasted and Re-charred ex-Red Wine Cask) for 22 month. . Cask No.: 834/2013 Cask type: 1st […]
Read moreJust in time for the end of the year, Peating – Stage 3, the third of the eight-bottling Genesis series, was released. As previously reported, the Genesis series developed by the German Kilchoman importer Hanseatische Weinhandelsgesellschaft Bremen is a German version of the Small Batch Series for Selected Markets with a higher quality design and packaging and a special marketing […]
Read moreThe renowned Milano Whisky Festival will take place for the 17th time this year. From 3 to 5 December, numerous producers and traders will once again present whiskies and other spirits in Milan’s Palazzo delle Stelline. . . On the occasion of the festival, an exclusive Kilchoman Single Cask Release was bottled, which can now be pre-ordered at Whiskyshop.it. It […]
Read moreThe basis of the whiskies in the series of Small Batch Releases for Selected Markets launched in 2019, with which Kilchoman aims to showcase its experimental side, is always an already finished Machir Bay vatting or Machir Bay Collaborative Vatting , i.e. a whisky with 46% alcohol strength, which was previously matured for approx. 5 years predominantly in bourbon barrels and 5-15% in oloroso sherry casks. […]
Read moreThe Chinese Kilchoman importer SMCC announced today a completely new Kilchoman bottling: the world’s first Kilchoman Port STR Cask Finish. We have reported on “normal” STR cask releases more often in the past, these have become one of Kilchoman’s most successful bottlings over the last few years and it is an open secret that Kilchoman is planning an STR General […]
Read moreAl. Capone (Alkohole Capone) is a fast-growing Polish spirits chain. As part of a series of 10 single cask bottlings from various distilleries, they have now brought out their first Kilchoman release as Cask 5 / 10. The whisky was matured for over 7 years in an ex-bourbon barrel and then finished for 10 months in an STR cask (shaved, […]
Read moreFrom 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 more