Two new Kilchoman Releases in the Online Shop
Two new single cask bottlings have been available to purchase from the Kilchoman Online Shop for the past few days. One is an 8-year-old Marsala wine cask finish, and the other a 15-year-old fully matured in a Bourbon cask. Kilchoman has thus resumed sales of Online Shop Exclusive Releases. Introduced during the COVID pandemic as a replacement for the Distillery Shop Exclusives, sales of these exclusive single cask bottlings were suspended once the Visitor Centre reopened at the end of the pandemic. The relaunch of the range is clearly one of the measures being taken to counter falling sales figures during what are currently very difficult times for the whisky industry. It is therefore important to make the most of all sales channels, and the resumption of sales of single casks to private individuals is part of this strategy.
The Marsala Finish whisky was initially matured in a fresh ex-Bourbon barrel and is said to have been finished for over a year in a Marsala wine cask. If one compares this information with that of the sister casks already released, it appears there may once again be an error on the part of the layout designer, who failed to amend the ‘one-year finish’ detail for cask 882/2016 – bottled in January 2025 – when drafting the new text on the back of the box. The correct figure is likely to be just under three years of finishing in the Marsala cask. The bottles cost £79.17 plus VAT and postage.
The second Kilchoman bottling spent 15 years in a fresh ex-bourbon barrel. It comes in the elaborately designed gift box that we are already familiar with from the 20th Anniversary Cask Series and the Family Collection. This release is available for £120.83 per bottle plus VAT and postage.
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Kilchoman 8 yo Marsala Finish Single Cask 18/881
Cask No.: 881/2016
Cask type: 1st Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel, Marsala Cask Finish
Date Filled: 19.8.2018
Date Bottled: 20.8.2026
Age: 8 yo
Strength: 55,9 % abv
Level of phenols in malted barley: 50 ppm
Bottle volume: 0,7 l
Number of bottles: 246
Bottle code: SC 20/08/26 18/881
GTIN: 5 060210 709693
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Kilchoman 15 yo Bourbon Single Cask 10/801
Cask No.: 801/2010
Cask type: 1st Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel
Date Filled: 13.12.2010
Date Bottled: 5.8.2026
Age: 15 yo
Strength: 51,5 % abv
Level of phenols in malted barley: 50 ppm
Bottle volume: 0,7 l
Number of bottles: 225
Bottle code: SC 05/08/26 10/801
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