Kilchoman USA Small Batch No. 7

Cask types: 70 % Bourbon Barrels / 25 % STR Cask / 5 % Oloroso Sherry Cask

Age: NAS

Date Bottled: 2022

Strength: 50,0 % abv

Phenol level: 50 ppm

Number of bottles: 1.278

Bottle volume: 0,75 l

Barcode: 8 92032 04557 5

Market: USA

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With the series of Small Batch Releases for Selected Markets launched in 2019, Kilchoman aims to showcase its experimental side. Each of the individual batches has been specially created for individual export markets and shows the influence of various rare cask types on the maturation of Kilchoman whisky.

The basis of each bottling is an already finished Machir Bay vatting or Machir Bay Collaborative Vatting, i.e. a whisky with 46% alcohol strength, which has previously been matured for 3-5 years mainly in bourbon casks and 5-15% in Oloroso sherry casks. This vatting is then married with an additional special cask.

In September 2022, the US Kilchoman importer ImpEx Beverages already released the “USA Small Batch No. 7”. The series is obviously still very popular in the USA and is very much promoted by the importer there.
For the first time in a USA Small Batch, the additional cask is an STR Cask (Shaved, Toasted and Ex-charred ex-Red Wine Cask). The proportions are given as 70% bourbon, 5% oloroso sherry and 25% STR.

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