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Kilchoman Am Bùrach, 46%, Cask No. 4060 Nose Surprised with floral notes: cut flowers, spring meadow. But also a lot of peat smoke, warm tar cardboard and salt. Apricot wedges grilled over time, peach and passion fruit juice, oranges. Taste A comparatively strong and full start for 46%. Intense smoke, apricots, peaches. Less floral than on the nose. Tart herbs […]
Read moreThe next online tasting with Anthony and James Wills was announced for April 10, 2020. This time the focus is on a preview of the four upcoming limited releases of the year 2020.The corresponding tasting packs can be purchased from 3pm GMT today in the distillery’s online shop for £19.99 + shipping. The number of tasting packs has been increased […]
Read moreA new Distillery Shop Exclusive Release has appeared at the Kilchoman Visitor Centre today, 17 September 2019: a Single Farm Single Malt – the name Kilchoman has recently given to its 100% Islay single cask bottlings – for the price of £82.50. It is a bottling of a fresh ex-bourbon barrel in which the whisky, made from the farm’s own […]
Read moreLovers of the 100% Islay range – which includes virtually all Kilchomania members – will be particularly pleased with the announcement of the latest release for 12 September 2019. The 9th edition is a vatting of 43 ex-bourbon barrels matured for over 9 years in Kilchoman warehouses. This is whisky made from malt from the 2007 and 2009 barley harvests. […]
Read moreJust in time for tomorrow’s Kilchoman Open Day at Fèis Ìle 2019, a new Distillery Shop Exclusive Release is available in the Kilchoman Visitor Centre as of today. It is a bottling of an Oloroso Sherry Butt, in which the whisky was matured for nine years. “Single Farm Single Malt” is the name Kilchoman now occasionally uses for bottlings of […]
Read more. . . After the much-praised first Port Cask release in 2014, the 2nd edition has been released in 2018. For these, 30 Ruby Port Hogsheads were selected, all of which were filled in 2014, i.e. almost 4 years old. These are 1st Fill as well as 2nd Fill Port Hogsheads, i.e. some casks of the 1st edition have been […]
Read moreA new Distillery Shop Exclusive Release has now appeared in the Kilchoman Visitor Centre. It is a bottling of an ex-bourbon barrel in which the whisky, made from the farm’s own barley, was initially matured for just over 4 years before being decanted into an Oloroso sherry hogshead on 21 December 2015 and finished in this for 32 months. By […]
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