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Germany’s largest whisky retailer Whisky.de now has two exclusive Kilchoman bottlings in its range: a PX Finish Single Cask and its own Machir Bay Collaborative Vatting.The PX Finish release was distilled on 4.4.2013 and matured for 6 years in Bourbon Barrel No. 216/2013, after it has been finished in a Pedro Ximénez Sherry Hogshead for ten month. It was bottled […]
Read moreThe German Kilchoman importer Hanseatische Weinhandelsgesellschaft Bremen announced another series of single cask releases for the German market at the end of the year. After nine single cask releases had already appeared in one fell swoop in spring with Uniquely Islay – An t-Earrach 2020, a series of a further seven bottlings now follows with Uniquely Islay – An Geamhradh […]
Read moreToday at 14.00 GMT the 3rd and final round of the Kilchoman cask auction was started. As we reported earlier, to mark the 15th anniversary of the Kilchoman distillery – which was officially opened at Feis Ile 2005 – a total of 15 casks of Kilchoman New Make will be auctioned in three rounds this year. The auction of the […]
Read moreKilchoman announced today the next online tasting with Anthony & Peter Wills. The “Christmas Live Tasting” will start on 28 December at 6pm. The Tasting Pack this time contains two Core Range whiskies, the 2020 Club Release and a Single Cask bottling. Specifically, these are: The Tastings Packs can be purchased for £16.66 + shipping on the Kilchoman homepage. As […]
Read moreIn 2019, the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA), the trade body of the Scotch whisky industry, changed the regulations on cask maturation of Scotch whisky. In the course of the trend towards maturing or finishing whisky in increasingly exotic casks in order to offer consumers new taste experiences, demands for a relaxation of the previous rules, which many distilleries considered restrictive, […]
Read moreLoch Gruinart is Kilchoman’s first whisky for the supermarket, so to speak. It has been distributed exclusively by the French supermarket chain Auchan for a few weeks now. Completely untypical for Kilchoman, but typical for a supermarket spirit, the information about the whisky is extremely vague. The buyer only learns that the whisky was matured both in European and American […]
Read moreKilchoman today announced the release of its annual exclusive edition for members of the Kilchoman Club. The 9th edition, limited to one bottle per person, will be available for purchase on the Kilchoman website from 2pm (UK time) on Wednesday 18 November 2020. Kilchoman founder Anthony Wills is always keen to bottle something special, new or not yet so common […]
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