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The Kilchoman distillery, founded at the Fèis Ìle 2005, celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. In the anniversary year, Kilchoman is planning, among other things, the release of a few anniversary bottlings with age statements. For example, a 13-year-old and an 18-year-old whisky, and this year’s Loch Gorm will also be released for the first time with an explicit age […]
Read moreWe are delighted to announce the release of our latest Kilchomania bottling: a STR Cask Matured / New Oak Finish! As proven Kilchoman specialists, we always aim to introduce our readers and members to very exceptional Kilchoman whiskies with our bottlings. We set the bar very high with our last issue. This bottling of cask no. 05/2006 is considered by […]
Read moreAfter the German Kilchoman importer Hanseatische Weinhandelsgesellschaft Bremen had already released the series of Kilchoman single cask bottlings ‘The Sister Casks – A Maturation Journey’ at the beginning of the year to mark the company’s 50th anniversary, it is now concluding the anniversary year with another Kilchoman single cask bottling. This time it is one of the rather rare bottlings […]
Read moreThe Kilchoman Christmas online tastings have become a nice tradition since 2020. Now Kilchoman has announced this year’s tasting. It will take place on Friday, 27 December from 7pm Islay time and will be hosted by Anthony Wills and his eldest son George Wills. As always, you can follow the event on Facebook and YouTube. The tasting packs, which also […]
Read moreTraditionally, Kilchoman releases an exclusive bottling for the members of its Kilchoman Club at the end of each year. This year’s 13th club release has now been announced. Anthony Wills and Robin Bignal decided on a nine-year-old single cask bottling of an Oloroso sherry butt. Sourced from Bodega José y Miguel Martín in Jerez, cask 209/2015 is a fresh ex-oloroso […]
Read moreAfter the first celebrated 16-year-old Kilchoman releases two years ago, it was of course only a matter of time before we would be able to welcome the first 18-year old bottling. However, since only very few 2006 casks are left, this was not expected to happen before 2025 at the earliest. But now the first 18-year-old Kilchoman single cask bottling […]
Read moreThere is a new exclusive bottling for the Kilchoman Distillery Shop to report: a 12-year-old Calvados Single Cask Finish has been available there since 20 November 2024. The whisky was first matured for more than nine years in a bourbon barrel and then finished in a Calvados cask for more than three years. This is the longest Calvados finishing period […]
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