Kilchoman Triskele Casks [Small Batch] for Spec´s – STR

Cask types: 75 % Bourbon / 5 % Oloroso Sherry / 20% STR

Age: NAS

Bottled: 2023

Strength: 49,3 % abv

Phenol level: 50 ppm

Number of bottles: 1.260 [recte: 1.301]

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. In 2022, an exclusive Kilchoman Small Batch was bottled for Spec’s for the first time.

Two new Small Batch bottlings for Spec’s were released in August 2023, one with an additional Sauternes wine cask and one with an STR Cask. Referring to the Celtic symbol of the Triskele, which symbolizes, among other things, the unity of three elements and is known to adorn every Kilchoman bottle as a logo, Spec’s named its new Small Batches, which consist of three casks that together form a new unit, Triskele Casks – Spec’s Exclusive.

The basis of the whiskies in the series of Small Batch Releases for Selected Markets, which began in 2019, is an already finished Machir Bay vatting or Machir Bay Collaborative Vatting , i.e. a whisky with 46% alcohol strength, which was previously matured for approx. 5 years predominantly in bourbon barrels and 5-15% in oloroso sherry casks. This vatting is then married with an additional special cask.

The additional cask here is an STR cask (Shaved, Toasted and Re-charred ex-Red Wine Cask). The proportions are 75% Bourbon, 5% Oloroso Sherry and 20% STR.

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