Kilchoman 100% Islay 9 yo Single Cask 650/2014 (The Sister Casks Series – 100% Islay Sister Cask 1)

Cask No.: 650/2014

Cask type: 1st Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel

Date Filled: 20.8.2014

Date Bottled: 5.2.2024

Age: 9 yo

Strength: 55,3 % abv

Phenol level: approx. 20 ppm

Number of bottles: 200

Bottle volume: 0,7 l

Bottle code: 05/02/24 650/14

Barcode: 5 060210 707705

Market: Germany

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On the occasion of its 50th anniversary, the German Kilchoman importer Hanseatische Weinhandelsgesellschaft Bremen released a new series of Kilchoman single cask bottlings in April 2024 under the name “The Sister Casks – A Maturation Journey”.

The six releases in the series comprise three pairs of “sister casks” – two 15-year-old Oloroso sherry cask maturations, two 13-year-old 1st fill bourbon barrels and two 9-year-old 100% Islay 1st fill bourbon barrels – which were each filled on the same day and bottled on the same day after years of storage in the Kilchoman warehouses. This allows an interesting comparison of whiskies in which all the maturation parameters were the same and thus a deeper insight into the mystery of cask maturation.

The bottling mentioned here is the first of the two 100% Islay Single Farm Single Malt casks. In addition to the intended comparison with the sister cask 653/2014, there is also an interesting comparison with the cask 642/2014, also filled on 20 August 2014, which was released in the summer of 2023 at the age of 8 years as part of the sixth Uniquely Islay series An Samhradh 2023.