All about the Kilchoman distillery and its whiskies
Last year’s Islay Festival Fèis Ìle brought a record number of visitors after the Corona Pandemic-related break of two years.Today, Kilchoman presented its program for this year’s Kilchoman Open Day, 1st June 2023, and presented the festival special bottling and a tasting pack for an online tasting. The program again offers the proven mix of special distillery and farm tours, […]
Read moreAfter a break of a few years, Kilchoman has now announced a new European tour. As in 2014, 2015 and 2018, the Kilchoman Landrover will once again make its way across Europe fully loaded with whisky and merchandise goodies. Starting on 16 April in Luxembourg, countless events ranging from smaller afternoon information events to extensive evening tastings are planned in […]
Read moreThe whisky retailer Smoke & Whisky in Starnberg has now released a 15-year-old Kilchoman Private Cask bottling from a refill bourbon barrel. In 2006 and 2007, Kilchoman sold numerous casks to private individuals in order to obtain urgently needed capital for the distillery’s ongoing operations during the economically strained early years. These were almost exclusively 1st fill and 2nd fill […]
Read moreThe Kilchoman distillery today announced the release of this year’s Loch Gorm. Named after the famous loch near the distillery, the bottling is matured exclusively in sherry casks and is traditionally the first limited Kilchoman release of the year. For the 2023 edition, Kilchoman founder Anthony Wills and production manager Robin Bignal selected a total of 22 casks, 8 distilled […]
Read moreThe German Kilchoman importer Hanseatische Weinhandelsgesellschaft Bremen announced now with Uniquely Islay – An Geamhradh 2022, the after Uniquely Islay – An t-Earrach 2020, Uniquely Islay – An Geamhradh 2020, Uniquely Islay – An Samhradh 2021 and Uniquely Islay – An t-Earrach 2022 meanwhile already fifth edition of the series. As the name already suggests, it appears a few weeks […]
Read moreA few days ago, two new Kilchoman bottlings were released in Norway, where the distribution of alcohol is handled exclusively by a state monopolist, Vinmonopolet, similar to Sweden: the Norway Small Batch Release No. 2 and a Marsala cask finish under the name Marius Peat 2nd Edition. . The basis of the whiskies in the series of Small Batch Releases […]
Read moreLast year, I published an overview article on the Kilchoman bottlings released in the USA for the first time. The large number of releases in a rather confusing market combined with the logistical problems caused by COVID and post-Brexit – for example, there were and are usually several months between the bottling/announcement of a release and its appearance – made […]
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