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Cask No.: 230/2011 Cask type: 1st Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel, STR Cask Finish Distillation Date: 12.05.2011 Bottling Date: 1.4.2021 Age: 9 yo Strength: 52,5 % Phenol level: 50 ppm Bottle volume: 0,7 l Market: Japan . This single cask bottling for Japan was released in late summer 2021. The whisky has been matured in a fresh ex-bourbon barrel for over 8 […]
Read moreThe annual limited 100% Islay Edition is always one of the highlights of the Kilchoman year and has heralded the autumn for several years. This year’s edition, now the 11th in the series, is available from the distillery’s online shop from today and will reach whisky shops worldwide in the coming weeks.The 11th edition is a vatting of 26 ex-bourbon […]
Read moreAfter a few months break, Kilchoman has started the series of popular online tastings again. Tomorrow, 16 September, Kilchoman fans can look forward to a “100% Islay Tasting”, and today the next tasting has already been announced. It will take place on 21 October at 7pm GMT.The theme of the tasting this time will be the Comraich releases, i.e. the […]
Read moreFollowing the reopening of the Visitor Centre, which was temporarily closed due to the COVID pandemic in 2020 and 2021, Kilchoman also resumed bottling Distillery Shop Exclusive releases. After a tequila finish, the second post-Corona bottling has now already appeared. This is an 11-year bourbon cask maturation. Distilled on 22 April 2010, the whisky was aged for over 11 years […]
Read moreWith the reopening of the visitor centre, which was temporarily closed for Corona reasons, Kilchoman also started bottling new Distillery Exclusive releases, i.e. single cask releases that can only be purchased at the Kilchoman visitor centre. Kilchoman fans who can’t or don’t want to go to Islay at the moment because of the still rather restrictive travel conditions will certainly […]
Read moreThe Aberdeen Whisky Shop has just released its first own Kilchoman Single Cask bottling. It is a full maturation in a 100% Islay PX cask. The bottling can be purchased for £92 from the online shop. Distilled in 2015 using the Rockside farm’s own Publican barley, the whisky was matured for over 6 years in a fresh Pedro Ximénez hogshead. […]
Read moreAfter the record figures of 2020 – in which Germany had by far the most single cask releases of any Kilchoman market in 2020 and almost every fifth Kilchoman single cask was bottled for Germany – it had become quite quiet on the German market. For almost 9 month not one Kilchoman Single Cask release appeared in Germany, which was […]
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