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After La Société des Alcools du Québec, the state monopolist for the distribution of alcohol in the Canadian province of Québec, released a Kilchoman Sauternes Finish in September, another Kilchoman single cask bottling has now been announced for next Tuesday, 24 October. Incidentally, both bottlings were bottled at Kilchoman on the same day, why SAQ did not release the bottles […]
Read moreOnce a year, the French spirits retailer and Kilchoman importer La Maison Du Whisky publishes a catalogue of exclusive LMDW bottlings of whisky, rum and other spirits, which is always outstanding in terms of scope and content. This year’s theme is “New Vibrations”. Thierry Bénitah, CEO of La Maison du Whisky writes:Year after year, our Creations catalogue showcases a particular […]
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 […]
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