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Kilchoman announced today that the Machir Bay 2013 Edition is now available. The Machir Bay range is Kilchoman’s core expression, first launched in 2012 when it won the prestigious IWSC 2012 Gold Medal – Best in Class. Bottled once a year, each release contains more mature whisky each year allowing Kilchoman fans to follow the development of the unique Kilchoman […]
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Read moreThe Milano Whisky Festival 2012 took place from 10 to 11 November 2012 at the Milan Marriott Hotel. Kilchoman distillery manager John MacLellan conducted a Kilchoman masterclass at the festival where numerous Kilchoman whiskies could be tasted. Among them was the exclusive festival bottling of a Kilchoman matured for 5 years in a refill bourbon barrel. . Cask No.: 245/2007 […]
Read moreThe Kilchoman distillery had been looking for a location for a new bonded warehouse since 2009. Warehouse No. 1, built in 2005 on the distillery site, had quickly become too small. As it was not possible to build further warehouses on Rockside Farm, the search was on for a suitable site throughout Islay. This was believed to have been found […]
Read moreKilchoman today announced the release of the 2nd edition of the annual limited “100% Islay” release for 1 September 2012. As with the first edition, the whisky produced “from barley to bottle” 100% by the Kilchoman distillery is a vatting of 1st fill and refill bourbon barrels, in which the whisky was matured for more than 3 years. Compared to […]
Read moreAt the Home Gathering to mark its 150th anniversary on 28 July 2012 in Bowmore, the Glasgow Islay Association presented a Vatted Islay Malt Scotch Whisky. Created by Bruichladdich’s Master Blender Jim McEwan and bottled at the Bruichladdich distillery, the whisky consists of single malts from all eight active Islay distilleries. The edition is 150 bottles with an alcohol content […]
Read moreThe first Tokyo International Bar Show organised by the Nippon Bartenders Association took place from 5 to 6 May 2012. An exclusive single cask bottling of a Kilchoman matured for four and a half years in a fresh ex-bourbon barrel was presented. . Cask No.: 239/2007 Cask type: 1st Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel Date Filled: 15.8.2007 Date Bottled: 8.2.2012 Age: 4 […]
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