Kilchoman distillery explained

Kilchoman distillery
Type:Islay
Image Size:250
Location:Islay
Owner:Anthony Wills
Founded:2005
Status:Operational
Stills:2 wash stills
2 spirit stills
Brand 1:Kilchoman
Age 1:3 Years
5 Years
8 Years
10 Years
11 Years
Source:Small dam close to distillery

Kilchoman distillery (pronounced Kil-ho-man)[1] is a distillery that produces single malt Scotch whisky on Islay, an island of the Inner Hebrides. Kilchoman Distillery is in the northwest of the island, close to Machir Bay. Kilchoman was founded by Anthony Wills and remains an independent, family run distillery.[2] [3] [4] It is the smallest on the island but since obtaining Rockside Farm in 2015, is in the process of expanding.[5] [6] [7]

History

The distillery began production in December 2005,[8] [9] [10] [11] and was the first to be built on Islay since 1908.[12] The distillery uses barley grown on site at Rockside Farm and malted at the distillery, as well as malt from the Port Ellen maltings and releases separate bottlings depending on the source of the grain.[12] It is one of six Scottish distilleries still working with traditional floor-maltings, and is unique in completing all parts of the whisky making process – growing barley, malting, distilling, maturing and bottling – on Islay.

The distillery first filled casks on 14 December 2005 and the distillery began bottling 3-year-old single malt in September 2009. The first Kilchoman, the "Inaugural release" was released in 2009 and the first 100% Islay whisky released in 2011.

The whisky produced by the Port Ellen maltings are peated to the same levels as Ardbeg 50 ppm, while the malt peated on their own floor maltings will be approximately 20 ppm.[13] Since 2023, Kilchoman has been sourcing bourbon casks from Breckenridge Distillery in Colorado. The new supplier has replaced Buffalo Trace, from where Kilchoman has sourced bourbon barrels since 2005.[14] [15] In 2023, the distillery came second in a ranking by Cask Connoisseur of the most popular whisky distilleries.[16]

Bottlings

Kilchoman releases several bottlings.[17]

External links

55.7869°N -6.4308°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Top 10 mispronounced Scotch brands. 10 September 2015 .
  2. Web site: A Scotch Maker's Challenge: First Brexit. Now Tariffs. (Published 2019). Amie. Tsang. 17 October 2019. The New York Times.
  3. News: Scotch on the rocks as trade tariffs threaten US exports . https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221211221249/https://www.ft.com/content/b732b6d4-f0cc-11e9-ad1e-4367d8281195 . 11 December 2022 . live . subscription . Financial Times . 18 October 2019 . 31 December 2020 .
  4. Web site: 'Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity' to buy into Scotland's most northerly mainland distillery . Scott . Reid. scotsman.com. 6 October 2020 . 21 January 2023.
  5. Book: Morrice, Philip . The Schweppes Guide To Scotch . 1983 . Alphabooks . Sherborne, Dorset, England . 340–342 . 0-906670-29-2.
  6. Web site: Kilchoman Distillery. 2009-09-23 .
  7. Web site: Abhainn Dearg Distillery | Isle of Lewis.
  8. Book: Murray, Jim. Jim Murray (whisky writer). 11 December 2020. Jim Murray's Whisky Bible 2020. Dram Good Books Ltd. 104. 9781838320713.
  9. Web site: The Esquire Guide To Scotch Single-Malt Whiskies. Nick. Moyle. 23 January 2020. Esquire.
  10. Web site: Exploring Islay's farm-based Kilchoman Distillery. scotsman.com. 8 January 2014. 21 January 2023.
  11. Web site: Independent distillery, Kilchoman, releases its oldest whisky to date – 2007 vintage. Fiona. Briggs. Retail Times. 31 December 2020. 24 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200924084020/https://www.retailtimes.co.uk/independent-distillery-kilchoman-releases-oldest-whisky-date-2007-vintage/. dead.
  12. Book: Smith. Gavin D.. Roskrow. Dominic . De Kergommeaux. Davin. 2012. Whisky Opus, The Definitive 21st-Century Reference to the World's Greatest Distilleries and Their Whiskies. Dorling Kindersley Limited. 144. 9781409375807.
  13. Web site: Distillery in Focus: Kilchoman. whisky-news.com.
  14. Web site: New Bourbon Cask Supplier - Breckenridge Distillery, Colorado. . 2023-07-02 . Kilchoman Distillery . en-GB.
  15. Web site: 2023-07-02 . Kilchoman: Breckenridge Distillery ist neuer Lieferant für Bourbonfässer und löst Buffalo Trace ab • CaptainScotch.de . 2023-07-02 . CaptainScotch.de . de-DE.
  16. Web site: 2023-07-28 . Erhebung: Das sind die 10 beliebtesten Whisky-Brennereien in Schottland, England, Wales und Irland • CaptainScotch.de . 2023-07-28 . CaptainScotch.de . de-DE.
  17. Book: MacLean, Charles . Sir_Fitzroy_Maclean,_1st_Baronet#Marriage. 2012. Whiskypedia. Edinburgh. Birlinn. 9780857900692.
  18. Web site: Holiday Gift Guide 2020: The Top Peated Scotch Whiskies. Joseph V.. Micallef. Forbes.
  19. Web site: 11 of the most exciting new whiskies released so far this year - and where to buy them. Rosalind. Erskine. 22 June 2020. Scotsman Food and Drink.
  20. Web site: 2024-04-22 . Kilchoman Loch Gorm 2024 ab demnächst erhältlich • CaptainScotch.de . 2024-04-22 . CaptainScotch.de . de-DE.
  21. Web site: A week in whisky: Islay, islands and Ireland. 21 August 2020.
  22. Web site: 5 great whiskies for Burns Night. Alex. Hale. 17 January 2020. Good Housekeeping.
  23. Web site: 2023-10-23 . Kilchoman stellt limitierten Kilchoman PX Sherry Cask Matured 2023 vor • CaptainScotch.de . 2023-10-23 . CaptainScotch.de . de-DE.
  24. Web site: 2023-11-09 . Kilchoman 16 Years Old - Bislang ältester Whisky der Brennerei veröffentlicht • CaptainScotch.de . 2023-11-09 . CaptainScotch.de . de-DE.

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