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April 4, 2018

Rockside Farm has some of Islay’s most fertile ground.  It is here, in the fields surrounding the distillery, where we can grow up to 440 tonnes of barley each year.  Sown each Spring, once Islay’s 50,000 geese have migrated, our farm team care for the barley over the summer months before harvesting in early September.  Harvest time represents the start of the whisky-making process which sees our Kilchoman grown barley malted, distilled, matured and bottled here at the distillery, eventually becoming Islay’s only Single Farm Single Malt Scotch Whisky.

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Kilchoman Family Collection – First Edition

Discovered in the quiet corners of our warehouses, the Kilchoman Family Collection casks are selected during the Wills’ annual review of maturing stock. Each release is selected individually by the five members of Kilchoman’s founding family, bringing together distinctive choices that reflect their personal tastes, shared passion, and the developing…

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