Kilchoman USA Small Batch No. 6

Cask types: 70 % Bourbon Barrels / 25 % PX Sherry Cask / 5 % Oloroso Sherry Cask

Age: NAS

Date Bottled: 7.5.2021

Strength: 47,9 % abv

Phenol level: 50 ppm

Number of bottles: 1.260

Bottle volume: 0,75 l

Bottle Code: SB 07.05.21 21/89

Barcode: 8 92032 04532 6

Market: USA

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With the series of Small Batch Releases for Selected Markets launched in 2019, Kilchoman aims to showcase its experimental side. Each of the individual batches has been specially created for individual export markets and shows the influence of various rare cask types on the maturation of Kilchoman whisky.

The basis of each bottling is an already finished Machir Bay vatting or Machir Bay Collaborative Vatting, i.e. a whisky with 46% alcohol strength, which has previously been matured for 3-5 years mainly in bourbon casks and 5-15% in Oloroso sherry casks. This vatting is then married with an additional special cask.

In late summer, the US Kilchoman importer ImpEx Beverages already released the “USA Small Batch No. 5” and the “USA Small Batch No. 6”. Other Kilchoman markets around the world could usually boast two Small Batch releases at this time. The series is therefore obviously very popular in the USA or is very much promoted by the importer there.
In the case of the “USA Small Batch No. 6” listed here, the additional cask is a Pedro Ximénez Sherry Hogshead. The proportions are given as 70% Bourbon, 5% Oloroso sherry and 25% PX sherry.

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