All about the Kilchoman distillery and its whiskies
Kilchoman announced today that John MacLellan, manager of the Bunnahabhain distillery for 12 years, will join Kilchoman as the new general manager. He will take up his new job on 3 May, in addition to managing the day-to-day operations, he will also be responsible for cask selection in the future.The old manager Malcolm Rennie will move to the newly founded […]
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Read moreA limited edition bottle of Kilchoman Distillery’s first ever single malt from cask number one, filled in December 2005, was auctioned for charity by Anthony Wills on May 28 during the Kilchoman Open Day at the Islay Whisky Festival for a whopping £5,400. The winning bid was made by Niels Ladefoged, originally from Denmark and who lives in the UK. […]
Read moreKilchoman today published a press release about the auction of the first bottle of a Kilchoman single malt whisky: On the 28th May, Kilchoman Distillery will auction one bottle of the three year old malt out of the very first cask that was filled in December 2005. The limited edition bottle will have a unique design and will be the […]
Read moreKilchoman celebrated its first milestone on 14 December last year when the first cask to be filled at the distillery reached the legal whisky requirement of three years maturation in an oak cask. The local newspaper Ileach reported on this today: Founded in 2005 by Anthony Wills and privately owned, Kilchoman produces just 90,000 litres of spirit a year. Not […]
Read moreOn 4 March 2004, an application was submitted to Argyll & Bute Council to amend the planning permission granted on 7 December 2001. The amendments/additions mainly include: . Planning permission is granted on 8 June 2004 and the Kilchoman Distillery project will now begin to become reality. Work will begin in May 2004 with the conversion of some of the […]
Read moreNovember 2003: In an interview in Walter Schobert’s “Whisky Watch No. 22”, Mark French emphasises that he firmly believes that the distillery will be built in 2004 after two failed attempts. The newly formed team now includes him and Anthony Wills, whisky scientist James Swan and whisky expert and author Charles MacLean. Sir John MacTaggart, who was already involved with […]
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