All about the Kilchoman distillery and its whiskies
The Kilchoman distillery today announced the release of this year’s Loch Gorm. Named after the famous loch near the distillery, the bottling is matured exclusively in sherry casks and is traditionally the first limited Kilchoman release of the year. For the 2023 edition, Kilchoman founder Anthony Wills and production manager Robin Bignal selected a total of 22 casks, 8 distilled […]
Read moreThe German Kilchoman importer Hanseatische Weinhandelsgesellschaft Bremen announced now with Uniquely Islay – An Geamhradh 2022, the after Uniquely Islay – An t-Earrach 2020, Uniquely Islay – An Geamhradh 2020, Uniquely Islay – An Samhradh 2021 and Uniquely Islay – An t-Earrach 2022 meanwhile already fifth edition of the series. As the name already suggests, it appears a few weeks […]
Read moreA 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 […]
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