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Kilchoman announced today that the Machir Bay 2013 Edition is now available. The Machir Bay range is Kilchoman’s core expression, first launched in 2012 when it won the prestigious IWSC 2012 Gold Medal – Best in Class. Bottled once a year, each release contains more mature whisky each year allowing Kilchoman fans to follow the development of the unique Kilchoman […]
Read moreThe Milano Whisky Festival 2012 took place from 10 to 11 November 2012 at the Milan Marriott Hotel. Kilchoman distillery manager John MacLellan conducted a Kilchoman masterclass at the festival where numerous Kilchoman whiskies could be tasted. Among them was the exclusive festival bottling of a Kilchoman matured for 5 years in a refill bourbon barrel. . Cask No.: 245/2007 […]
Read moreThe Kilchoman distillery had been looking for a location for a new bonded warehouse since 2009. Warehouse No. 1, built in 2005 on the distillery site, had quickly become too small. As it was not possible to build further warehouses on Rockside Farm, the search was on for a suitable site throughout Islay. This was believed to have been found […]
Read moreAt the Home Gathering to mark its 150th anniversary on 28 July 2012 in Bowmore, the Glasgow Islay Association presented a Vatted Islay Malt Scotch Whisky. Created by Bruichladdich’s Master Blender Jim McEwan and bottled at the Bruichladdich distillery, the whisky consists of single malts from all eight active Islay distilleries. The edition is 150 bottles with an alcohol content […]
Read moreThe first Tokyo International Bar Show organised by the Nippon Bartenders Association took place from 5 to 6 May 2012. An exclusive single cask bottling of a Kilchoman matured for four and a half years in a fresh ex-bourbon barrel was presented. . Cask No.: 239/2007 Cask type: 1st Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel Date Filled: 15.8.2007 Date Bottled: 8.2.2012 Age: 4 […]
Read moreAs Islay’s local newspaper Ileach reported yesterday, the Kilchoman distillery has taken over sponsorship of the increasingly successful Islay Pipe Band. Andrew McEachern, speaking on behalf of the band, told the Ileach: “We are delighted that Kilchoman have stepped in just as it was looking as if we would enter 2012 with no sponsorship deal. The whole band would like […]
Read more16 June 2011 marked a new milestone in the still young history of the Kilchoman distillery. Almost two years after the first Kilchoman whisky was presented with the Inaugural Release, the first bottling of a 100% Islay whisky was finally released, the whisky that characterises Kilchoman’s self-image as Islay’s only farm distillery. A whisky made from barley from the surrounding […]
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