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As the second edition of the Sweden Exclusive series, this STR Finish bottling was released at the beginning of October 2021. The whisky has been matured in an ex-bourbon barrel for over 8 years before being finished in an STR cask (shaved, toasted and re-charred red wine hogshead) for 20 months. . Cask No.: 224/2011 Cask type: Ex-Bourbon Barrel, STR […]
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 […]
Read moreWhen the Kilchoman distillery started to open up new sales areas in the world with its first whiskies, Denmark was one of the most active markets, at least as far as the number of single cask bottlings was concerned. In recent years, however, it had become rather quiet there, but at the turn of the year 2020/2021, a new single […]
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