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As has always been the case since 2018, when the release date of the annual Limited 100% Islay Release was moved to autumn, this year’s edition was also released on time in September. This year’s 14th edition is a vatting of ex-bourbon barrels and Oloroso sherry casks. Barley of the Publican variety was used, which was harvested at Rockside Farm […]
Read moreA new Distillery Shop Exclusive release has been available at the Kilchoman Visitor Centre since yesterday. The Marsala Single Cask Finish is the ‘Be a Bottler’ cask from this year’s Fèis Ìle. The whisky was initially matured in a fresh bourbon barrel for almost 7 years and was decanted into a Marsala wine cask from the Florio winery in Marsala […]
Read moreAfter Kilchoman conducted a major European tour for the launch of its third general release, the Batch Strength Release, in spring 2024, which took the Kilchoman Sales & Marketing team through 20 Eureopean countries in 10 weeks, a corresponding tour has now been announced for Asia. . . From 16 September to 28 October, 9 countries in East and Southeast […]
Read moreKilchoman announced today that after a long time it will once again be offering a limited number of private casks exclusively for Kilchoman Club members through a ballot system which opened on Wednesday 21st August and closes at midday on Tuesday 3rd September. In the early years of the distillery, Kilchoman sold numerous freshly filled casks to private individuals to […]
Read moreSince last week a new Distillery Exclusive Release is available in the Kilchoman Visitor Centre. This time it is not a single cask bottling but a 100% Islay Small Batch Release. The bottling was created from whiskies that were matured for ten years in ex-bourbon barrels (approx. 60%) and Oloroso sherry casks (approx. 40%). Like all 100% Islay whiskies, the […]
Read moreThe well-known British spirits chain The Whisky Shop has now released another exclusive Kilchoman single cask bottling. After a PX sherry cask maturation last year, this time it is an Oloroso sherry cask maturation. The “Single Farm Single Malt Whisky” was matured for twelve and a half years in a Oloroso sherry hogshead. Such a long maturation period in a […]
Read moreAt the end of April, we reported on five new Kilchoman single cask bottlings that had been announced for 2024 in the USA. Now three more have already been advertised. Sam Filmus and his team at US importer ImpEx Beverages have been very busy again! ImpEx Beverages is continuing its renowned Cask Evolution series with a 100% Islay release. No. […]
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