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The well-known British whisky and spirits retailer The Whisky Exchange just released an interesting set of two single cask bottlings from Kilchoman: a Tequila Cask Finish and a Mezcal Cask Finish. These are two sister casks, two bourbon barrels filled on 11 December 2012, which were transferred to a tequila and a mezcal cask on 6 November 2020 – after […]
Read moreThe renowned Scottish whisky and spirits shop Robertsons of Pitlochry today presented a Kilchoman Tequila Finish Single Cask bottling selected by its owner Ewan McIlwraith. First presented by Kilchoman in spring 2021 following a change in SWA regulations (we reported), the tequila finishes, like the mezcal finishes, are still among the rarest Kilchoman releases. So far, less than ten single […]
Read moreAfter “Blond” and “Auburn” at the end of 2020 and “Lava” in the middle of 2021, “Añejo” is now the fourth Kilchoman single cask release from the well-known Dutch online spirits retailer drankdozijn (D12). The tradition of giving the D12 Kilchoman Single Cask bottlings artificial names and not simply writing “for DrankDozijn” on the label, as is usually the case, […]
Read moreOn the occasion of its 15th birthday, the Belgian Kilchoman importer The Nectar released one of the still very rare Kilchoman Tequila Cask Finish bottlings. The whisky was first matured for 7 years in a bourbon barrel and was then finished for 8 months in a tequila cask. We had already reported several times that Kilchoman had also filled some […]
Read moreFollowing the reopening of the visitor centre, which was temporarily closed due to the COVID pandemic, Kilchoman has now also resumed the bottling of Distillery Shop Exclusive releases. We hope, of course, that the series of Online Shop Exclusives introduced in the meantime will nevertheless continue. Not only because it is still extremely difficult to get to Islay at the […]
Read moreLike last year, Kilchoman is also releasing a new Online Shop Exclusive Release on the day of the launch of the Fèis Ìle Release and the Fèis Ìle Tasting Packs, and also like last year, when the first Cognac Finish Single Cask was released, it is a world first, namely the first Tequila Finish Single Cask from Kilchoman. And so […]
Read moreToday ended the 3rd part of the auction of casks of Kilchoman New Make, which had started on December 3 (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 were auctioned in 3 tranches of 5 casks each. […]
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