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The Kilchoman Open Day at this year’s Fèis Ìle 2009 will be 28 May. Today the distillery presented the following programme: . Fèis Ìle 2009 – Week General Distillery tours – Will be available during the week from Monday to saturday at 11am and 3pm. Managers Tour – Monday 25th to Friday 29th @ 9.30am Take a tour and tasting in the warehouse with Malcolm […]
Read moreKilchoman celebrated its first milestone on 14 December last year when the first cask to be filled at the distillery reached the legal whisky requirement of three years maturation in an oak cask. The local newspaper Ileach reported on this today: Founded in 2005 by Anthony Wills and privately owned, Kilchoman produces just 90,000 litres of spirit a year. Not […]
Read moreKilchoman reports on its homepage today about a recent delivery of refill casks – 40 dump hogsheads, 30 barrels and 20 sherry butts. Because of the boom in the whisky industry, it is not so easy to get hold of good refill casks. It is Kilchoman’s declared policy to obtain new bourbon barrels exclusively from the Buffalo Trace distillery and […]
Read moreKilchoman announces today, that the barley harvest at Rockside Farm a couple of weeks ago has yielded 100 tonnes. The weather was dry and breezy during the harvest, resulting in a barley moisture content of 16-18%. .
Read moreA new designed and expanded Kilchoman website has gone online today. Designed by Breeze Creative, Kilchoman’s new website provides a wealth of information about the distillery and its people and also includes a shop function. . .
Read moreKilchoman Distillery was proud to announce today that they have finally been able to start malting the farm’s own barley again. The first batch from the 2007 harvest was soaked in the steeping tank this morning and will be spread out on the malting floor on Thursday. At the beginning of next week, the rebuilt kiln, now equipped with indirect […]
Read moreKilchoman Distillery announced today that a first shipment of 210 fresh bourbon barrels has arrived from Buffalo Trace Distillery in Kentucky, USA. This will cover approximately 12 weeks of barrel requirements Having previously sourced bourbon barrels and hogsheads from Speyside cooperage, Kilchoman has now succeeded in securing the renowned Buffalo Trace Distillery from Kentucky as a Bourbon barrel supplier through […]
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