Kilchoman New Oak Single Cask Finish 230/2018 [for Smaller Markets]

Cask No.: 230/2018

Cask type: 1st Fill STR Cask, New Oak Finish

Date Filled: 27.3.2018

Date Bottled: 22.8.2024

Age: 6 yo

Strength: 57,1 % abv

Level of phenols in malted barley: 50 ppm

Bottle volume: 0,7 l

Number of bottles: 291

Barcode: 5 060210 708023

Distribution: Smaller Markets (Czech Republik, Slovakia …)

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Kilchoman occasionally releases bottlings that are not intended for a specific country, but for smaller markets where demand for single cask bottlings is too low. To enable these countries to also enjoy a wider range of Kilchoman whiskies, the bottlings are delivered in partial quantities to different countries.

This STR Cask Matured / New Oak Finish Release is one of them. Released from spring 2025, it was the fourth bottling of a few existing casks from Anthony Wills’ finishing experiment with New Oak (formerly ‘Virgin Oak’ – we reported).

The whisky was first matured for more than five years in a fresh STR cask (shaved, toasted and re-charred ex-red wine cask) and then finished in a new ‘Carpathian oak’ cask (European oak from the Carpathians) for more than 16 months. As with the other three bottlings that have already been released, the result was an extremely spicy-tasting Kilchoman whisky.

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