It is a pleasure to introduce the latest release from Kilchoman Distillery the "Summer Release"

This is a departure from the recent styles in that it is matured entirely in fresh and re-fill bourbon barrels , initial reaction at the distillery from the first few lucky tasters has been    -  Wow !!! 

Tasting notes as follows

Colour - Pale straw

Nose - Strong peaty aromas and a complex blend of pear drops, citrus and hints of mango.

Palate - An initial sweetnessis followed by peat smoke and the mixed fruits.

The finish is long, clean and refreshing leaving hints of peat smoke and cloves.

This is one not to be missed .

With the ever - increasing popularity of the Kilchoman whisky we have decided that over the winter months when water is plentiful we should increase production to help meet demand.

With that in mind we have recruited a new part - time member for our production team Robin Bignall (pictured right) has joined Gavin Douglas (centre) and Tony Rozga (left)to bring the team up to full strength. 

With three young local staff members on the team we feel that Kilchoman is now ready to cope with what we hope will be a very successful future.

Our latest release (The Summer Release) is now hitting the shelves in a store near you and is attracting rave reviews from the lucky people who have already tried it .

Anthony and John took the bottling to the Whisky Fringe show in Edinburgh last week - end where it was also very well received.

Kilchoman Distillery production team member has a hidden talent !  In his spare time when not helping to make Islays fastest -rising Whisky brand he is very keen on showing his pedigree Texel sheep at agricultural shows.

Tony recently won the sheep championship and overall champion prize at the Islay , Jura and Colonsay Agricultural Show with his Texel Ram lamb "Kilchoman High Spirit "

it would seem likely that a few celebratory Kilchoman drams were enjoyed following the show.  

Kilchoman Distillery is delighted to have been able to support "The Barnard Challenge" the main beneficiary of which will be the charity "Spirit Aid " which has been set up by top Scottish actor and whisky fan David Hayman .

The Barnard Challenge commemorates the epic journey undertaken by Alfred Barnard 125 years ago when he visited every distillery in Scotland, England , Ireland and Wales and the book he published detailing his travels.

Kilchoman was visited by Paul Sneddon aka Vladimir McTavish one of Scotlands top comedians on a bottle collecting trip , these bottles will be sold at auction to raise funds for the charity. He is shown above accepting a bottle of Kilchoman from manager John Mac Lellan,  please note the comedian is on the left of picture.

Vladimir is currently appearing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in his one-man show "Whisky : An Idiots Guide"  which he also hopes to bring to Islay next year as part of the Islay Whisky Festival.

Pictured yesterday Iain Munro of Mundells Transport delivering a load of 132 Octaves for filling at Kilchoman . These casks have been constructed from casks previously used in the whisky industry and are of approx 100 litre capacity . 

We look forward to seeing the results of maturation in these small casks  , who knows they may form the basis of a batch bottling some time in the future.