Kilchoman Single Bourbon Cask 348/2008 for Spec´s

Cask No.: 348/2008

Cask type: 1st Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel

Date Filled: 17.7.2008

Date Bottled: 8.7.2013

Age: 4 yo

Strength: 60,5 % abv

Phenol level: 50 ppm

Bottle volume: 0,75 l

Market: USA

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The Texas liquor chain “Spec´s. Wine, Spirits & Finer Foods” was founded in 1962 and is now active at 180 locations exclusively in Texas. With the bottling of an almost 5-year-old ex-bourbon barrel listed here, the first Kilchoman single cask release for Spec’s appeared in 2013, which was to be followed by numerous others.

As with many early Kilchoman single cask releases for the US, only the importer ImpEx Beverages is indicated on the bottle; a reference to Spec’s can only be found on the box.

And also like other US single cask releases from mid-2012 to summer 2013, the bottle is too long for the box, which results in an unsightly dent in the top of the box. The reason for this is that Kilchoman switched to a new bottle shape for the 700ml bottles in 2012, but the existing 750ml bottles for the USA were still being used up, which lasted until July 2013. The old, taller boxes were apparently all gone by mid-2012, so it was decided not to re-produce them, but to use the slightly squatter boxes that had been produced for the new bottle format.

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