All about the Kilchoman distillery and its whiskies
A bottle of Kilchoman whisky from Cask No. 1/2005 raised a remarkable £15,000 at the second edition of The Distillers One of One biennial auction series, launched in 2021, which sees distilleries from across Scotland auction rare whiskies for charity in partnership with renowned auction house Sotheby’s. The total proceeds from yesterday’s auction, totalling £1.8 million, will primarily benefit the […]
Read moreLast weekend, from 29 September to 1 October 2013, the Whisky Show, organised by the renowned British whisky trader The Whisky Exchange, took place in London for the fifteenth time. The Whisky Exchange had six exclusive festival whiskies bottled for what it claims is the largest whisky fair in the UK, including an 11-year-old Kilchoman Bourbon Barrel. Remaining bottles of […]
Read moreIn the USA, a whole series of new interesting Kilchoman bottlings have been released or are announced for the next few weeks. The very active US importer ImpEx Beverages released three new single cask bottlings in its renowned Cask Evolution series. No. 01/2023 is a Marsala wine cask finish. The whisky was first matured for more than 8 years in […]
Read moreThe well-known whisky shop Royal Mile Whiskies from Edinburgh has now once again released a Kilchoman single cask bottling. It is a 100% Islay release, i.e. a whisky often referred to by Kilchoman as “Single Farm Single Malt”, which was produced entirely at Kilchoman from barley cultivation to bottling. The whisky was matured for over 10 years in an ex-bourbon […]
Read moreTwo new single cask bottlings are now available in the Kilchoman Visitor Centre, the new Distillery Shop Exclusive release and a special bottling. The Distillery Shop Exclusive Release is a Port Cask Finish: the whisky was first matured for almost 5 years in an ex-bourbon barrel and was then finished for 20 months in a Ruby Port cask. The yield […]
Read moreOn 7 September, La Société des Alcools du Québec, the state monopolist for the distribution of alcohol in the Canadian province of Québec, released a new Kilchoman Single Cask bottling. Once again, it is a Kilchoman whisky finished in Sauternes wine casks. In this case, it is over 10 years old, matured for more than eight years in an ex-bourbon […]
Read moreKilchoman today announced the release of its new annual 100% Islay Limited Release. It is due to be available at retailers worldwide later this week. This year’s 13th release is a vatting of 44 ex-bourbon barrels that were matured for over 8 years in Kilchoman warehouses. The barley used was of the Publican variety, harvested at Rockside Farm in 2012, […]
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