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The Chinese Kilchoman importer Single Malt Club China (SMCC) announced today the release of an exclusive series of five single cask bottlings under the name The Wills Family Cask Collection. The series is based on the concept that each of the five members of the Kilchoman founders family chooses a special favourite cask. If this sounds familiar to you, you […]
Read moreTwo new Ruby Port Quarter Cask Finish bottlings have been released in the Netherlands in the last few days, and a third has been announced. Port finishings in small quarter casks, one of the Kilchoman novelties of 2020, are still quite rare to find. First launched in the 2nd half of 2020, only a dozen of these bottlings have appeared […]
Read moreAs the second edition of the Sweden Exclusive series, this STR Finish bottling was released at the beginning of October 2021. The whisky has been matured in an ex-bourbon barrel for over 8 years before being finished in an STR cask (shaved, toasted and re-charred red wine hogshead) for 20 months. . Cask No.: 224/2011 Cask type: Ex-Bourbon Barrel, STR […]
Read moreOn the occasion of its 15th birthday, the Belgian Kilchoman importer The Nectar released one of the still very rare Kilchoman Tequila Cask Finish bottlings. The whisky was first matured for 7 years in a bourbon barrel and was then finished for 8 months in a tequila cask. We had already reported several times that Kilchoman had also filled some […]
Read moreAfter a first Madeira Cask Matured Edition had already been released in 2015, Kilchoman had announced another Madeira Cask Release for autumn 2021 as the last of the four annual limited releases. For this edition, 46 fresh Madeira Hogsheads filled in May 2016 were selected and married together. The whisky is therefore 5 years old.The sales launch now had to […]
Read moreFor the upcoming 65th anniversary, the French spirits trader and Kilchoman importer La Maison Du Whisky published a catalogue of exclusive LMDW bottlings of whisky, rum and other spirits under the title “À la Conquête des Origines” (“The Conquest of Origins”), which is really quite amazing in quantity and quality.Among the numerous spirits bottled exclusively for LMDW are also four […]
Read moreThe basis of the whiskies in the 2019 introduced new series of Small Batch Releases for selected markets 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. This vatting is then married with an additional special […]
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