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On 20 May 2022, the well-known photographer Mark Unsworth, owner of the photo studio “Islay Studios” in Bridgend, released his private cask bottling of Kilchoman Hogshead No. 95/2012. The special feature of this bottling lies above all in the fact that it is only the second case known to us (after the Sherry Quarter Cask 262/2010) where Kilchoman has filled […]
Read moreWith the Mezcal Finish Single Cask for Beija-Flor, the first Kilchoman Mezcal finishing for the Italian market has now been released. The whisky was initially matured for just over 7 years in a bourbon barrel and was decanted in a mezcal cask at the beginning of 2021. It was bottled on 2 March 2022, i.e. the finishing time in the […]
Read moreLoch Gorm is the annual bottling matured exclusively in sherry casks that has opened the Kilchoman year for many years. However, due to the postponement of the Madeira Cask Matured Release from autumn 2021 to spring 2022, it is not the first limited Kilchoman bottling this year. It will also be released a month later than usual due to ongoing […]
Read moreThe Kilchoman Appreciation Society is the largest Facebook group of Kilchoman lovers worldwide. For their first own single cask bottling, 50 of their members chose Sauternes Cask No. 903/2015 from 4 different cask samples in an online tasting with Anthony Wills on 3 February 2022. The cask was bottled in mid-April and since yesterday the 50 members of the selection […]
Read moreSince a few days, the long-awaited Batch No. 5 is now available in the first Comraich bars. The batched Comraich releases are special bottlings for the bars of the same name, which can only be tasted there and do not go on sale. In the meantime, there is a worldwide network of more than 100 whisky bars, which are distinguished […]
Read moreThe Chinese Kilchoman importer SMCC announced today a completely new Kilchoman bottling: the world’s first Kilchoman Port STR Cask Finish. We have reported on “normal” STR cask releases more often in the past, these have become one of Kilchoman’s most successful bottlings over the last few years and it is an open secret that Kilchoman is planning an STR General […]
Read moreAfter the Islay Festival Fèis Ìle could only be held online for two years due to the Corona pandemic, it will now take place again normally with visitors this year. Kilchoman presented its program for the Kilchoman Open Day, June 2, 2022, today and presented the festival special bottling and a tasting pack for online tasting. The program will again […]
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