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After the well-known Dutch online spirits retailer drankdozijn (D12) had just released its fifth Kilchoman Single Cask Release with “Ubhal”, the sixth is now already following under the name “Mealach”. Previously, “Blond” and “Auburn” were released at the end of 2020, “Lava” in mid-2021, and “Añejo” at the end of 2021. “Mealach” means “sweet” in Gaelic, which is a clear […]
Read moreAfter the Chinese Kilchoman importer Single Malt Club China (SMCC) had already released the Camping Series comprising five Kilchoman single cask bottlings in the middle of the year, it has now announced the release of another series of Kilchoman bottlings. The new series of seven single cask releases is called The Birth of Kilchoman Story. The concept of the series […]
Read moreThe award-winning South African whisky shop Whisky Brother in Johannesburg celebrates its 10th anniversary next month. To mark the occasion, it has now released an exclusive Kilchoman Single Cask bottling. The bottling, which is 10 years old for obvious reasons, showcases, in Whisky Brother’s words, “one of our favourite distilleries that has been part of our whisky journey over the […]
Read moreThe French whisky shop Le comptoir Irlandais had already released three exclusive Kilchoman Small Batch bottlings from 2019 to 2021 under the name Exclusive Selection. This was the first time Kilchoman bottled Small Batch releases for a single retailer and not the national importer. In the meantime, there are other examples of this in Germany and the USA. Now two […]
Read moreThe renowned Milano Whisky Festival will take place for the 17th time this year. From 3 to 5 December, numerous producers and traders will once again present whiskies and other spirits in Milan’s Palazzo delle Stelline. . . On the occasion of the festival, an exclusive Kilchoman Single Cask Release was bottled, which can now be pre-ordered at Whiskyshop.it. It […]
Read moreIn October 2021, the three Dutch spirits shops Verhaar, Van der Hejden and Woudenberg released a Ruby Port Quarter Cask Finish in their joint series The Whisky Trinity. Kilchoman’s Port Quarter Cask finishing process involves decanting the contents of a bourbon barrel into two Port Quarter Casks half the size of the bourbon barrel and maturing them for a few more months. The […]
Read moreA new Distillery Exclusive Release – a Calvados Double Cask Finish – has been available at the distillery’s visitor centre for a few days. Double Cask Finish means that the contents of two bourbon barrels are finished in a 400 litre Calvados cask. Kilchoman has used this process several times in the past with Armagnac casks. Since the 400 litre […]
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