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The well-known Dutch online spirits retailer drankdozijn (D12) has now already released its fifth Kilchoman Single Cask Release. After “Blond” and “Auburn” at the end of 2020, “Lava” in the middle of 2021 and “Añejo” at the end of 2021, the current bottling was named “Ubhal”.It is one of the still quite rare Kilchoman Calvados cask finishings. Our readers who […]
Read moreThe Chinese Kilchoman importer SMCC (Single Malt Club China) announced today the release of the “China Small Batch No. 3”. The basis of the whiskies of the series of Small Batch Releases for Selected Markets launched in 2019, with which Kilchoman aims to showcase its experimental side, is an already finished Machir Bay vatting or Machir Bay Collaborative Vatting, i.e. […]
Read moreA few days ago, one of the still rare Calvados bottlings was released for the Australian wine and spirits merchant Nicks Wine Merchants. By the way, this is the 5th Kilchoman Single Cask Release for the Australian market.The whisky has been matured in a fresh bourbon barrel for 7 years before being finished in a Calvados hogshead for 10 months. […]
Read moreCask Number: 217/2013 Cask type: Ex-Bourbon Barrel, Calvados Cask Finish Distillation Date: 14.8.2013 Bottling Date: 28.9.2020 Age: 7 yo Strength: 55,8 % Phenol level: 50 ppm Number of bottles: 261 Bottle volume: 0,7 l Market: Israel . This single cask release was bottled for Omef Ganor, owner of the Bar Mozner and Travitz Bar in Tel Aviv-Jaffa. Distilled on 14 […]
Read moreCask Number: 277/2012 Cask type: Ex-Bourbon Barrel, Calvados Cask Finish Distillation Date: 17.5.2012 Bottling Date: 25.9.2020 Age: 8 yo Strength: 56,6% abv Phenol level: 50 ppm Number of bottles: 217 Bottle volume: 0,75 l Market: USA . The US Kilchoman importer ImpEx Beverages released this Calvados finish release within its Cask Evolution series. It was released – as is not […]
Read moreThe German Kilchoman importer Hanseatische Weinhandelsgesellschaft Bremen announced another series of single cask releases for the German market at the end of the year. After nine single cask releases had already appeared in one fell swoop in spring with Uniquely Islay – An t-Earrach 2020, a series of a further seven bottlings now follows with Uniquely Islay – An Geamhradh […]
Read moreIn 2019, the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA), the trade body of the Scotch whisky industry, changed the regulations on cask maturation of Scotch whisky. In the course of the trend towards maturing or finishing whisky in increasingly exotic casks in order to offer consumers new taste experiences, demands for a relaxation of the previous rules, which many distilleries considered restrictive, […]
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