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At the end of April, a new single cask bottling was released for the Japanese market. Under the series title Japan Ambassador’s Cask, Kilchoman’s Japanese brand ambassador Hidetoshi Maekawa, owner of the bar Shamrock in Takamatsu, wants to market Kilchoman bottlings selected by him in the future. For the first single cask in this series, he chose an STR finish […]
Read moreCask Number: 228/2011 Cask type: 1st Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel, STR Hogshead Finish Distillation Date: 12.5.2011 Bottling Date: 16.1.2021 Age: 9 yo Strength: 54,7 % abv Phenol level: 50 ppm Number of bottles: 246 Bottle volume: 0,7 l Market: Norway . Marius Vestnes, who gave this release its name, is the director of the Norwegian Kilchoman importer. The whisky for this […]
Read moreWhen the Kilchoman distillery started to open up new sales areas in the world with its first whiskies, Denmark was one of the most active markets, at least as far as the number of single cask bottlings was concerned. In recent years, however, it had become rather quiet there, but at the turn of the year 2020/2021, a new single […]
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 moreA new single cask release is now available for purchase in Kilchoman’s online shop. After a Madeira and a Cognac Finish Single Cask as well as a 100% Islay Release, this is now the 4th bottling, which replaces the Distillery Shop Exclusive Releases in Corona times, it is an STR Finish Single Cask. Distilled on 12.05.2011, the whisky has been […]
Read moreTwo new vatting vessels were recently installed in the newest warehouse of Kilchoman Distillery. Unlike the two vatting tanks used to marry larger releases in Warehouse No. 1, these are not made of stainless steel but are ex-red wine oak vats and are to be used for maturation experiments. The vats have been made to Kilchoman’s specifications by the Portuguese […]
Read moreToday ended the 1st part of the auction of casks of Kilchoman New Make, which had started on May 28 (we reported).On the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the Kilchoman distillery – which was officially opened at Fèis Ìle 2005 – a total of 15 casks of Kilchoman New Make will be auctioned in 3 tranches of 5 casks […]
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