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Two new vatting vessels were recently installed in the newest warehouse of Kilchoman Distillery. Unlike the two vatting tanks used to marry larger releases in Warehouse No. 1, these are not made of stainless steel but are ex-red wine oak vats and are to be used for maturation experiments. The vats have been made to Kilchoman’s specifications by the Portuguese […]
Read moreCask No.: 18/2006 Cask type: 1st Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel Date Filled: 12.4.2006 Date Bottled: 12.5.2020 Age: 14 yo Strength: 53,0% abv Phenol level: 50 ppm Number of bottles: 208 Bottle volume: 0,75 l Market: USA . In the summer of 2020, the US importer ImpEx Beverages released this single cask as a special edition in its Cask Evolution series. It […]
Read moreKilchoman today announced a very special online tasting for 27 August from 7pm Islay time: a Spirit Run Tasting. Distillery Founder Anthony Wills and Production Manager Robin Bignal will be giving an insight into the inner workings of the still house, explaining on the basis of different samples collected during the second distillation the different flavours and aromas that are […]
Read moreKilchoman Distillery today announced the next Kilchoman Online Tasting, the 2nd Whisky & Food Pairing on 6 August at 7pm GMT. After the venison specialities of the 1st Whisky & Food Pairing on 9 July, this time the four Kilchoman Core Range Whiskies “Machir Bay”, “Sanaig”, “Loch Gorm” and “100 % Islay” will be tasted in flavourful interplay with fish, […]
Read moreAfter the very entertaining Blind Tasting on June 25 (we have, by the way, added the solutions in the corresponding article), the announcement of the next Kilchoman Online Tasting followed today. On Thursday 9th July at 7pm there will be a Whisky & Food Pairing Live Tasting, i.e. the four Kilchoman Core Range Whiskies “Machir Bay”, “Sanaig”, “Loch Gorm” and […]
Read moreCask No.: 29/2012 Cask type: 1st Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel Date Filled: 26.1.2012 Date Bottled: 20.3.2020 Age: 8 yo Strength: 55,9 % abv Phenol level: approx. 20 ppm Number of bottles: 247 Bottle volume: 0,7 l Market: Japan . Team Glen Muscle is a group of Japanese whisky enthusiasts who, in collaboration with various whisky distilleries and importers, have bottled whiskies […]
Read moreKilchoman today announced the next online tasting for June 25, 2020. This time it will be a blind live tasting with Anthony Wills. Four different Kilchoman whiskies he will try to identify and guess the cask type, peating level and age. The “Mystery Packs” can be purchased from tomorrow at 11pm in the distillery’s online shop. The tasting will be […]
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