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As in previous years, an exclusive Kilchoman single cask bottling was again released for the well-known Taiwanese whisky fair Taoyuan Whiskytaste, which took place on 20 and 21 August. This year, it was an Oloroso Sherry cask finish. Oloroso sherry cask finishes had rarely been released by Kilchoman in recent years, the interest of distributors and importers had focused on […]
Read moreThe largest German whisky online retailer whisky.de has now released a Kilchoman Triple Cask Matured Small Batch as an exclusive 2022 club bottle for the customers of its whisky club. The bottling has the enormous edition of 12,126 bottles and thus enters completely new Kilchoman Small Batch dimensions, some of the worldwide distributed Kilchoman Limited Releases had a smaller edition… […]
Read moreAfter the world’s first Kilchoman Marsala cask finish was released as a Distillery Shop Exclusive Release in March 2022, another of the still extremely rare Marsala finishings is now available at the distillery’s visitor centre for £92.40. The whisky was first matured in a fresh ex-bourbon barrel for more than 8 years before being finished in a Marsala hogshead for […]
Read moreKilchoman today announced the release of its new annual 100% Islay Limited Release. It is expected to be available at retailers worldwide later this week. This year’s 12th release is a vatting of 29 ex-bourbon barrels and 6 oloroso sherry butts that matured for over 8 years in Kilchoman warehouses. The barley used was of the Publican variety, harvested at […]
Read moreOn 13 September 2019, the hotel-restaurant “Warndtperle” in Völklingen, Saarland, became the sixth and so far last German location to be awarded the status of a Kilchoman Comraich Bar. To mark the three-year anniversary, owner Jörg Peters, with the active help of kilchomania.com, has planned a series of Kilchoman events for the last weekend in September. On Friday evening, there […]
Read moreIn the USA – more precisely in some liquor stores in the Mid Atlantic Region – a single cask bottling of a three-year-old Kilchoman (!) has been available since mid-August. This bottling goes back to the initiative of Jared Card, the Mid Atlantic Region manager of the US importer ImpEx Beverages, As a fan of young Kilchoman whiskies, in times […]
Read moreThe basis of the whiskies in the series of Small Batch Releases for Selected Markets launched in 2019, with which Kilchoman aims to showcase its experimental side, is always an already finished Machir Bay vatting or Machir Bay Collaborative Vatting , i.e. a whisky with 46% alcohol strength, which was previously matured for approx. 5 years predominantly in bourbon barrels and 5-15% in oloroso sherry casks. […]
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