Kilchoman New Oak Single Cask Finish 239/2018 for Japan
Cask No.: 239/2018
Cask type: 1st Fill STR Cask, New Oak Finish
Date Filled: 27.3.2018
Date Bottled: 9.10.2024
Age: 6 yo
Strength: 56,9 % abv
Level of phenols in malted barley: 50 ppm
Bottle volume: 0,7 l
Number of bottles: 286
Market: Japan
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The Japanese Kilchoman importer, Whisk-e Ltd, released this STR Cask Matured / New Oak Finish single cask bottling in March 2025.
This was the third bottling of a few existing casks from Anthony Wills’s finishing experiment with New Oak (formerly ‘Virgin Oak’ – we reported).
The whisky was first matured for more than five years in a fresh STR cask (shaved, toasted and re-charred ex-red wine cask) and then finished in a new ‘Carpathian oak’ cask (European oak from the Carpathians) for more than 18 months. The result is an exceptionally spicy-tasting Kilchoman whisky.
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