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Kilchoman today announced the release of this year’s Loch Gorm release. The fifth and oldest release to date of Kilchoman’s annual limited edition of whisky matured exclusively in oloroso sherry casks, which has borne the name of the loch near the distillery since the 2nd release, will be available from the distillery shop for £65.40 from 10am Islay Time on […]
Read moreOn 27 March, Easter Sunday, Distillery Manager John MacLellan passed away from cancer. This is not only a huge human loss for Kilchoman, but a loss of expertise that can hardly be measured. After many years as manager of the Bunnahabhain distillery, John moved to Kilchoman in March 2010 and brought his wealth of experience to Kilchoman production and cask […]
Read moreBryony Boyd has now been appointed as the new Visitor Centre Manager. She was previously employed as a tour guide at Laphroaig for five years. As one of her first steps, she visited the visitor centres of the other distilleries with the whole Kilchoman crew to get an impression of how the others work and what could be done better […]
Read moreKilchoman distillery has now announced that its sherry cask-influenced NAS malt Sanaig, named after an inlet north west of the distillery, will join Machir Bay as the distillery´s core range. Sanaig has a heavy oloroso cask influence in contrast to the predominantly ex-Bourbon cask-matured Machir Bay. Both continuously matured oloroso sherry casks – namely the smaller sherry hogsheads – and […]
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Read moreThe 10th Milano Whisky Festival took place from 14 to 15 November 2015 at the Marriott Hotel in Milan. As for the Milano Whisky Festivals 2012 and 2013, Kilchoman again released an exclusive single cask bottling. This time, it was a whisky matured for almost six years in a fresh ex-bourbon barrel. . Cask No.: 463/2009 Cask type: 1st Fill […]
Read moreUnder the name The Trilogy, the French Kilchoman importer and whisky shop La Maison du Whisky (LMDW) has now released three new Kilchoman single cask bottlings. These are three five-year-old whiskies from three different cask types. In addition to the bottling of a fresh bourbon barrel, there is also an Oloroso sherry butt and a Pedro Ximénez finish. This gives […]
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