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As in previous years, the series of annual limited releases begins with the Loch Gorm, Kilchoman whisky aged exclusively in Oloroso sherry casks. Anthony Wills has selected 20 Oloroso Sherry Butts from 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2011 for this year’s edition. This means that for the first time, 12 and 13 year old casks are also included. The circulation […]
Read moreWith the “Machir Bay Collaborative Vatting”, Kilchoman has been offering local whisky retailers a new product line for a few weeks now, which is intended to offer them the option of a customised bottling below the level of their own single cask release. The “normal” Machir Bay bottlings are known to have an Oloroso sherry cask content of around 10%; […]
Read moreKilchoman today announced the appearance of the annual bottling for members of the Kilchoman Club. And it is already safe to say that this year’s 7th edition of the Club release will again be a milestone in the history of Kilchoman whiskies. It is a vatting of two Oloroso Sherry Butts from 2006, the contents of casks no. 309 & […]
Read moreKilchoman is one of the first Scottish whisky distilleries to announce the introduction of NFC labels on its two general releases “Machir Bay” and “Sanaig”. By means of so-called Near Field Communication, buyers of the bottles can briefly touch the label with their smartphones and then receive on their mobile phones further information about the bottlings, such as taste notes, […]
Read moreA new Distillery Shop Exclusive Release has now appeared in the Kilchoman Visitor Centre. It is a bottling of an ex-bourbon barrel in which the whisky, made from the farm’s own barley, was initially matured for just over 4 years before being decanted into an Oloroso sherry hogshead on 21 December 2015 and finished in this for 32 months. By […]
Read moreOn 1 October 2018, the “Sauternes Cask Finish 2018 Edition” will be released, a vatting of 30 bourbon barrels from 2012 that have undergone a 5-month finish in Sauternes Hogsheads. The release is the second Sauternes bottling in the series of annual limited releases from different wine casks that began in 2014. While the previous representatives of the series were […]
Read moreOn 13 September 2018, Kilchoman announced a new European marketing tour. Three years after the last European Tour, the famous Kilchoman Landrover will tour through 9 (!) European countries with a new trailer. Tour planning: UK 24.–30.09.2018Glasgow – Carlisle – Bath – London Belgium and Luxembourg 1.–6.10.2018Heuvelland – Mechelen – Boortmeerbeek – Heers – Liege – Massen The Netherlands 8.–13.10.2018Wageningen […]
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