Kilchoman Marsala Single Cask Finish 1180/2016 for The Distillery Shop / “Be a Bottler”

Cask No.: 1180/2016

Cask type: 1st Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel, Marsala Cask Finish

Date Filled: 19.12.2016

Date Bottled: 30.5.2024

Age: 7 yo

Strength: 56,6 % abv

Phenol level: 50 ppm

Number of bottles: 242

Bottle volume: 0,7 l

Barcode: 5 060210 707781

Distribution: Distillery Shop Exclusive

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“Be a bottler” is a popular Fèis Ìle programme item at the Kilchoman Open Days, where visitors can fill their very own bottles of Kilchoman whisky. In the past, this usually involved the standard Machir Bay release, but since Fèis Ìle 2018, the offer has been extended to single casks.

The Marsala Finish Single Cask listed here was bottled at the Fèis Ìle 2024. Each participant in the “Be a Bottler” events filled a bottle and labelled the bottle and box. The remaining bottles were sold from 23 August 2024 in the visitor centre as a Distillery Shop Exclusive Release.

The whisky was initially matured in a fresh bourbon barrel for almost 7 years and was decanted into a Marsala wine cask from the Florio winery in Marsala on 7 September 2023 and finished in it for almost 9 months.

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