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New Kilchomania Bottling released: New Oak Finish Single Cask 237/2018

We are delighted to announce the release of our latest Kilchomania bottling: a STR Cask Matured / New Oak Finish! As proven Kilchoman specialists, we always aim to introduce our readers and […]
New on the German market: 100% Islay Unpeated 12 yo Sherry Butt 560/2012

After the German Kilchoman importer Hanseatische Weinhandelsgesellschaft Bremen had already released the series of Kilchoman single cask bottlings ‘The Sister Casks – A Maturation Journey’ at the beginning of the year to […]
Kilchoman Christmas Online Tasting 2024 announced

The Kilchoman Christmas online tastings have become a nice tradition since 2020. Now Kilchoman has announced this year’s tasting. It will take place on Friday, 27 December from 7pm Islay time and […]
Kilchoman Club Release 13th Edition announced

Traditionally, Kilchoman releases an exclusive bottling for the members of its Kilchoman Club at the end of each year. This year’s 13th club release has now been announced. Anthony Wills and Robin […]
First 18 yo Kilchoman bottling released in Japan

After the first celebrated 16-year-old Kilchoman releases two years ago, it was of course only a matter of time before we would be able to welcome the first 18-year old bottling. However, […]
New in the Distillery Shop: 12 yo Calvados Single Cask Finish 504/2012

There is a new exclusive bottling for the Kilchoman Distillery Shop to report: a 12-year-old Calvados Single Cask Finish has been available there since 20 November 2024. The whisky was first matured […]
Kilchoman Sanaig Cask Strength 2024 Edition released

The Machir Bay cask strength bottlings occasionally released by Kilchoman enjoyed great popularity among Kilchoman fans. They showed Kilchoman’s standard whisky from an even more fruity side. It is therefore not surprising […]
Two new Kilchoman single cask bottlings for Italy presented at Kilchoman Day Milan 2024

KILCHOMAN DAY 2024 took place on Saturday 5 October at Palazzo Giureconsulti in Piazza del Duomo, Milan. Visitors to the event, which was dedicated entirely to the Kilchoman distillery, were able to […]
Kilchoman Port Cask Matured 2024 Edition released

The Port Cask Matured 2024 Edition, which had been announced for some time for the autumn, has now been released. This is already the third limited release in the history of Kilchoman […]
Kilchoman USA Batch Strength Tour 2024 announced

While we get numerous impressions of the current major Kilchoman Asia Tour on social media every day, the distillery has now announced the next, third and final promotional tour of the year, […]
Foundations Collection by LMDW with three new Kilchoman Releases

Once a year, the French spirits retailer and Kilchoman importer La Maison Du Whisky publishes a catalogue of exclusive LMDW bottlings of whisky, rum and other spirits, which is always outstanding in […]
New in the Distillery Shop: New Oak Single Cask Finish 234/2018

And once again, we can announce a new exclusive bottling for the Kilchoman Distillery Shop: a new oak finish single cask has been available there since 19 September 2024. This is the […]
Comraich Batch No. 7 released

The latest Comraich release has been available in the first Comraich bars (an overview can be found here) for a few days now. Batch No. 7 of the special bottlings for the […]
Kilchoman 100% Islay 14th Edition released

As has always been the case since 2018, when the release date of the annual Limited 100% Islay Release was moved to autumn, this year’s edition was also released on time in […]
Kilchoman Batch Strength Asia Tour 2024 announced

After Kilchoman conducted a major European tour for the launch of its third general release, the Batch Strength Release, in spring 2024, which took the Kilchoman Sales & Marketing team through 20 […]
New Kilchoman Cask Offer for Club Members

Kilchoman announced today that after a long time it will once again be offering a limited number of private casks exclusively for Kilchoman Club members through a ballot system which opened on […]
Kilchoman Sauternes Cask Matured 2024 Edition announced

Since 2014, the Kilchoman distillery has been releasing one or two limited edition bottlings every year, which have been matured (or more rarely: finished) in different wine casks. With a new Sauternes […]
New Kilchoman Bottlings for Japan

A series of new Kilchoman bottlings for the Japanese market, which had already been bottled in November 2023, have now only been released in Japan in April 2024 due to the long […]
Small Batch Releases for Selected Markets / Genesis / Triskele Casks – An Overview

Kilchoman has now discontinued its series of Small Batch Releases for Selected Markets, which was only renamed Triskele Casks in mid-2023. Reason enough for us to honour the series, which was launched […]
New Kilchoman Series “The Sister Casks – A Maturation Journey” for Germany announced

To mark its 50th anniversary, German Kilchoman importer Hanseatische Weinhandelsgesellschaft Bremen has now announced “The Sister Casks – A Maturation Journey”, a new series of Kilchoman single cask bottlings. The six releases […]

Welcome

Kilchoman is one of currently ten producing whisky distilleries on the Scottish Hebridean island of Islay. Whisky lovers all over the world associate the name Islay primarily with heavily peaty whiskies. For friends of this type of whisky, including the makers of this website, Islay is literally whisky heaven. Every year tens of thousands of whisky fans visit the island and its distilleries to sample their favourite drops on the spot.

The Kilchoman distillery is one of the youngest on the island. When it went into production in 2005 it was the first new whisky distillery on Islay in 124 years. With this distillery, founder Anthony Wills wanted to continue the concept of a farm distillery, as it had been common in Scotland for centuries. More