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Two new single cask bottlings are now available in the Kilchoman Visitor Centre, the new Distillery Shop Exclusive release and a special bottling. The Distillery Shop Exclusive Release is a Port Cask Finish: the whisky was first matured for almost 5 years in an ex-bourbon barrel and was then finished for 20 months in a Ruby Port cask. The yield […]
Read moreOn 7 September, La Société des Alcools du Québec, the state monopolist for the distribution of alcohol in the Canadian province of Québec, released a new Kilchoman Single Cask bottling. Once again, it is a Kilchoman whisky finished in Sauternes wine casks. In this case, it is over 10 years old, matured for more than eight years in an ex-bourbon […]
Read moreKilchoman today announced the release of its new annual 100% Islay Limited Release. It is due to be available at retailers worldwide later this week. This year’s 13th release is a vatting of 44 ex-bourbon barrels that were matured for over 8 years in Kilchoman warehouses. The barley used was of the Publican variety, harvested at Rockside Farm in 2012, […]
Read moreSince 23 July 2023, a new Distillery Shop Exclusive release is available in the Kilchoman Visitor Centre. This time it is a good 10 years old Sauternes Cask Finish: the whisky was first matured for more than 8 years in an ex-bourbon barrel and was then finished for 21 months in a Sauternes wine cask. The yield was 236 bottles […]
Read moreThe Kilchoman distillery announced the release of a 16-year-old limited edition for autumn 2023. With this release, Kilchoman not only meets the frequently expressed wish for a bottling with an age statement, but will also give an summary of over 16 years of Kilchoman development with a new “benchmark release”. When Kilchoman began bottling its first whiskies at the age […]
Read moreA very special and in several respects rare Kilchoman whisky can now be found in the store of the well-known German independent bottler Anam na h-Alba: a 15 year old 100% Islay Private Cask. With its age of 15 years, this bottling is not only one of the oldest Kilchoman releases to date, but by far the oldest of a […]
Read moreAfter a Sauternes and a Port Cask finish in 2022, the Dutch beverage chain Gall & Gall has now released another Kilchoman single cask bottling in July 2023. This time it is a Calvados Cask Finish. The whisky was first matured in an ex-bourbon barrel for over six years and was then finished in a Calvados cask for over two […]
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