Kilchoman Port Cask Matured 2024 Edition released

The Port Cask Matured 2024 Edition, which had been announced for some time for the autumn, has now been released. This is already the third limited release in the history of Kilchoman to have been fully matured in port wine casks.

For the first Port Cask Matured Edition, released in 2014, only fresh Ruby Port Hogsheads were used, in which the whisky was matured for just over three years. By contrast, the second edition, released in 2018, used both fresh and refill Ruby Port Hogsheads that were only slightly older than those used for the 2014 edition. The third bottling, which has now been released, was created exclusively from refill Ruby Port Hogsheads, namely from the casks of the two previous editions. The whiskies contained are therefore almost 10 and 6 years old. This promises an interesting comparison of the three bottlings: increasing maturation age versus an ever-higher proportion of refill casks.

As always with Kilchoman, the whisky is bottled at 50% abv, uncoloured and non-chill filtered. As with the other limited releases in 2024, Kilchoman no longer states the size of the edition.

Kilchoman Founder Anthony Wills wrote: “When we started Kilchoman, we always wanted to do things slightly differently, some distilleries do release full maturation bottlings, but most tend to do finishes. Full term maturation is fun because you don’t always know how it’s going to work out. We’re fortunate that the Kilchoman spirit character lends itself to bind together with experimental casks very nicely.
Port casks and Kilchoman just works, the natural citrus and sweetness of Kilchoman balance nicely with the red berries and cinnamon influence of the port casks. This latest edition, being older and refill casks, has a little more depth of character compared to past releases, I’m very pleased with how it has come together.”

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