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The basis of the whiskies in the series of Small Batch Releases for Selected Markets, which began in 2019, is an already finished Machir Bay vatting or Machir Bay Collaborative Vatting , i.e. a whisky with 46% alcohol strength, which was previously matured for approx. 5 years predominantly in bourbon barrels and 5-15% in oloroso sherry casks. This vatting is […]
Read moreIn The W Club, the customer club of the well-known British spirits chain The Whisky Shop, an exclusive Kilchoman single cask bottling has now appeared once again. After a PX sherry finish in 2021, this time it is a PX sherry cask full maturation. The whisky was matured for seven and a half years in a fresh Pedro Ximénez sherry […]
Read moreThrough the famous “Land Rover Tours”, where members of the Kilchoman sales and marketing team drive across Europe in a specially painted Land Rover and stop at countless locations to hold whisky events, the names Kilchoman and Land Rover are closely linked for every fan of the distillery. Now another collaboration has taken place, revealing not only interesting aspects of […]
Read moreKilchoman Distillery today announced the release of two new limited cask expressions: the first Cognac Cask Matured and the second Fino Sherry Cask Matured Release. The casks for both small batch vattings were selected by Kilchoman founder Anthony Wills and production director Robin Bignal and bottled in March. For the first Cognac Cask Matured Limited Edition (until now, there had […]
Read moreThe basis of the whiskies in the series of Small Batch Releases for Selected Markets, which began in 2019, is an already finished Machir Bay vatting or Machir Bay Collaborative Vatting , i.e. a whisky with 46% alcohol strength, which was previously matured for approx. 5 years predominantly in bourbon barrels and 5-15% in oloroso sherry casks. This vatting is […]
Read moreA new Distillery Shop Exclusive edition – an STR Cask Finish – is now available at the Kilchoman Visitor Center. The whisky was initially matured for just over seven years in a fresh ex-bourbon barrel and was then finished in an STR cask (Shaved, Toasted and Re-charred ex-Red Wine Cask) for 22 month. . Cask No.: 834/2013 Cask type: 1st […]
Read moreLast year’s Islay Festival Fèis Ìle brought a record number of visitors after the Corona Pandemic-related break of two years.Today, Kilchoman presented its program for this year’s Kilchoman Open Day, 1st June 2023, and presented the festival special bottling and a tasting pack for an online tasting. The program again offers the proven mix of special distillery and farm tours, […]
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