All about the Kilchoman distillery and its whiskies
A few days ago, two new Kilchoman bottlings were released in Norway, where the distribution of alcohol is handled exclusively by a state monopolist, Vinmonopolet, similar to Sweden: the Norway Small Batch Release No. 2 and a Marsala cask finish under the name Marius Peat 2nd Edition. . The basis of the whiskies in the series of Small Batch Releases […]
Read moreLast year, I published an overview article on the Kilchoman bottlings released in the USA for the first time. The large number of releases in a rather confusing market combined with the logistical problems caused by COVID and post-Brexit – for example, there were and are usually several months between the bottling/announcement of a release and its appearance – made […]
Read moreA few days ago, the first Kilchoman Small Batch Release for the province of Québec was released in Canada. In Canada, the distribution of alcohol is handled exclusively by state monopolies (so-called Crown Corporations). Each province has its own Crown Corporation, in Québec this is La Société des Alcools du Québec. For this reason, we are now dealing with a […]
Read moreThe Comraich releases, bottled in batches, are special bottlings for the bars of the same name, which can only be tasted there and are not sold on the market. There is now a worldwide network of over 100 whisky bars that have been granted Comraich bar status by Kilchoman. An overview can be found here. Batch No. 6 has been […]
Read moreAt the end of December 2022, an exclusive Kilchoman single cask – “11 yo Single Cask for Turkiye” – was released in Turkiye for the first time. It is a 1st fill bourbon barrel from 2010, in which the whisky matured for more than 11 years. 242 bottles with an alcohol content of 55.5% abv were bottled. . . Mustafa […]
Read more2 March 2022: Worldwide launch of the Madeira Cask Matured Edition As we already reported in 2021, the worldwide launch of the Madeira Cask Matured 2021 Edition, originally planned for autumn 2021, had to be postponed to early 2022 due to a shortage of empty Kilchoman bottles. For the bottling, which has been available in all Kilchoman markets since March […]
Read moreAfter the first three Kilchoman Single Cask bottlings were released in Slovakia at the beginning of this year, two more followed in December. Besides another Sauternes finish, especially the Marsala finish, one of the first Kilchoman bottlings of this type of maturation, should meet with great interest. Both casks were filled on 31 January 2013. After maturing for over 8 […]
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