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Kilchoman has now announced the new Original Cask Strength, as the last limited release of 2014. And if Kilchoman is to be believed, this undiluted whisky, bottled at an alcohol strength of 59.2 %, will keep us warm when the nights get longer. For the bottling, 35 ex-bourbon barrels from 2009 were selected, with a total yield of 9,200 bottles. […]
Read moreOn the website WhiskyCorner.co.uk, run by the two whisky bloggers Kirsty Clarke and Stewart Craigon, a very detailed interview with Kilchoman founder and CEO Anthony Wills has now appeared. In it, Anthony talks very openly about the development of the Kilchoman distillery from the difficult beginnings to current and future projects. The interview, which can only be warmly recommended to […]
Read moreKilchoman Distillery today announced the release of its first ever Port Cask Matured whisky. It is scheduled to be available in the Distillery Shop and worldwide markets from 5 September. The alcohol content of the announced 6,000 bottles (1000 cases of 6) is 55.0% abv, the whisky is, as always with Kilchoman, not coloured and non chill-filtered. Due to the […]
Read moreKilchoman today announced the release of the 4th edition of the “100% Islay Limited Edition” for 12 May 2014. For the annual release of the slightly weaker peated whisky made from its own barley and produced entirely on site “from barley to bottle”, this time 40 fresh ex-bourbon barrels were bottled, 32 of them 5 years old and eight of […]
Read moreToday, the Kilchoman distillery announced the release of the 2nd edition of Loch Gorm for 8th April 2014. Since 2012, Kilchoman has released a limited Oloroso sherry cask release every year, and since 2013, it has been named after the famous loch located near the distillery. Limited to 17,100 bottles, the whisky distilled in 2009 and bottled in 2014 matured […]
Read moreEven though the first bottles have been spotted at individual airports since the end of 2013, Kilchoman officially announced the release of its first Travel Retail Exclusive bottling Coull Point today, 5 March 2014. Coull Point is a rugged headland just half a mile north of Machir Bay. With this designation, Kilchoman continues the tradition of naming whiskies after geographical […]
Read moreKilchoman announced today, that Laura MacAffer, who had worked as the distillery’s Visitor Centre Manager for 6 years, will not be resuming her work at Kilchoman following the birth of her daughter Amira last year. We wish her the best of luck for the future!
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