We are delighted to announce the launch of Sanaig, a new continuously available release which, along with Machir Bay form our core range. Named after a rocky inlet North West of the distillery, Sanaig, has a predominantly sherry cask influence owing to the significant time spent in Oloroso sherry casks.
These aged Oloroso casks contribute a drastically transformed depth of colour and character compared to the mostly Bourbon cask matured Machir Bay. ‘Cask Influence’ bars now feature on the packaging of both Sanaig and Machir Bay to illustrate the differing flavour profiles of the two core expressions.
Anthony Wills, Kilchoman Founder and Managing Director; “Sanaig represents another significant step forward for Kilchoman, it is important to be able to offer customers consistently available releases, until now Machir Bay has been performing that leading role, Sanaig will now share the spotlight.”
John MacLellan, Kilchoman Distillery Manager; “Sanaig is a bold marriage of sherry and bourbon cask maturation. It is both a continuation of the classic Kilchoman style people know and love as well as a development fans of Kilchoman have yet to experience.”
Sanaig is now available from our website at £52.50 and on its way to your local shops and bars around the world. Enjoy a dram and let us know what you think of the latest edition to the Kilchoman range!
On the 14th of December last year, we auctioned the very first bottle of 10 year old Kilchoman in aid of The Beatson West of Scotland cancer centre in Glasgow which works tirelessly to support and enhance the treatment, care and wellbeing of cancer patients and their families. James Wills and Rosie MacLellan visited The Beatson last week to meet the team and present a cheque for £10,000 raised from the auction of the rare bottling.
Only one bottle of the first 10 year old was auctioned, the anonymous winning bidder paid £7,000 to secure this very special Kilchoman. The total was then topped up to £10,000 by the distillery and a handful of generous individuals.
Anthony Wills, Kilchoman Founder and MD “We are delighted to support such a worthy charity who contribute so much to the care of cancer patients from Islay and across Scotland.”
Learn more about The Beatson and their work HERE
The guys in the Still house have done it again! We thought the IWSC awards might be the last of the year and while that strictly speaking is still the case, Anthony, John, Robin and the team can be very happy with the Kilchoman scores in Jim Murray’s 2016 Whisky Bible.
A full list of the results are below. It is very satisfying to think that the Kilchoman range as a whole avergaes over 94 points putting it in the category of “Superstar whiskies that give us all a reason to live”
A 3 year old whisky (Port Cask Matured) scoring 96 points should spark a bit of debate…
96. – Port Cask Matured
96. – Master of Malt Octave Single Cask
95.5 – 100% 5th edition
95.5 – 2007 vintage
95.5 – Single Bourbon Cask 473/2008
94.5 – Machir Bay
93.5 – 2006 vintage
93. – Machir Bay 2012
92.5 – Loch Gorm 2013
92. – Machir Bay 2014
90.5 – Machir Bay 2013
98-100 Better than anything I’ve ever tasted!
94-97 Superstar whiskies that give us all a reason to live
90-93 Brilliant
85-89 Very good to excellent whiskies definitely worth buying
80-84 Good whisky worth trying
75-79 Average and usually pleasant though sometimes flawed
70-74 Usually drinkable but don’t expect the earth to move
65-69 Very unimpressive indeed
51-64 Nasty and well worth avoiding
0-50 Nothing short of absolutely diabolical
We are delighted to announce that we have agreed to purchase Rockside Farm, on which the distillery is located.
Anthony Wills, Managing Director has commented: “We have always been proud to produce whisky from barley to bottle and the purchase of the farm secures this vision for the future”.
Thats right people, the first ever 10 year old Kilchoman! As many of you will be aware, on the 14th of December Cask No1 will turn 10 years old and while we won’t be bottling the whole barrel, we will be auctioning one bottle to celebrate the occassion and also raise some money for a very deserving cause, The Beatson Cancer Charity.
The auction, which is open to Kilchoman fans worldwide, will be hosted on the Kilchoman website between 12 noon on the 7th and 12 noon on the 14th of December. Just one bottle will be drawn directly from Cask No1 with all proceeds from the auction donated to The Beatson Cancer Charity.
The one-off bottle will be hand bottled by Founder Anthony Wills directly from Cask No1 exactly ten years after it was filled on the 14th of December 2005. Limited stocks mean that there won’t be more 10 year old Kilchoman for some years however the recent illness of John MacLellan, Kilchoman Distillery Manager, and a desire to celebrate the milestone sparked Founder Anthony Wills into planning the unique bottling.
Anthony, “While our neighbouring distilleries have been celebrating far longer periods in the industry we wanted to acknowledge 10 years of Kilchoman and also raise some money for a very worthy cause which has become close to the whole Kilchoman team”.
John, “The work carried out by The Beatson Cancer Charity is exemplary in all aspects of research, treatment and after care”.
Some key info:
- The acution will run from 12 noon on the 7th to 12 noon on the 14th of December (GMT).
- The auction is open to Kilchoman fans worldwide.
- Bids will only be taken through the dedicated auction page.
- You can bid as many times as you like.
Please get in contact if you have any questions
With the first storm of the winter about to hit Scotland it feels like the perfect time to announce some good news! The Club is now into its fourth year and we have something never seen before, a Kilchoman single malt fully matured in Sauternes casks!
The Kilchoman Club Release – Fourth Edition is exclusively available to members of the Club. Three fully matured Sauternes casks from January 2011 have been hand picked from the warehouse and bottled at cask strength – 60% ABV. Just over 900 bottles of this unique release will be available and every bottle will be individually numbered and hand labelled.
The Club release will be available from our website – www.kilchomandistillery.com – at 10am on Monday 16th November. Please login to your Club account at the top right hand side of the homepage and the release will be available to purchase from your ‘club page’ and also ‘club releases’ section. Not a member – sign up here.
The price will be £75.00 per bottle (70cl) – due to demand and limited number of bottles, members are limited to ONE BOTTLE PER PERSON.
WE HAVE CHANGED OUR SHIPPING RULES
Some countries have experienced issues with ordering from our website recently with various laws and tax preventing us however shipping has now been outsourced and we can confirm the below countries can order from our website.
We are apologise if we are not able to ship to your home country. This is not because we don’t want to but a result of duty restrictions.
| 1 bottle | 2 bottles | +3 bottles | Per Extra Bottle | Per Bottle | |
| UK | £6.99 | £6.99 | £6.99 | – | – |
| Rep of Irelan | £13.60 | £13.60 | £13.60 | – | – |
| Channel Islands | £9.60 | £9.60 | £9.60 | – | – |
| Germany, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands | £15.00 | £20.00 | £20.00 | £5.00 | – |
| Sweden, Finland, Austria, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Poland | £20.00 | £2500 | £30.00 | £5.00 | – |
| Norway, Switzerland, Ukraine | £25.00 | £30.00 | £35.00 | £5.00 | – |
| Japan, South Africa | – | – | – | – | £27.00 |
| Australia | £30.00 | £35.00 | £35.00 | £10.00 | – |
If you have any questions please call (+44) 01496 850011 or email shop@kilchomandistillery.com
The Uk Tour is a continuation of our 10th Anniversary celebrations. The Land Rover has been given a short rest after returning from Europe and now George will be driving it around the UK carrying out a series of tastings and in store pouring. To commemorate the Tour we have bottled a cask Strength Machir Bay which is only available from the shops we visit during the tour. This is a limited release of only 648 bottles. Follow us on Facebook and twitter for updates during the tour.
Follow the link to our ‘Events’ page to find out when we will be near you – http://kilchomandistillery.com/events
Here it is everyone… our confirmed schedule for the 10th Anniversary Tour which kicks off next week in Belgium. Don’t forget to follow us on Facebook and Twitter for more info. You can also see our route on an interactive map here. Not sure what to expect? Take a look at our video from last year here.
SEPTEMBER
Tues 1st Belgium Heusden Bonding dram http://www.thebondingdram.eu/
Wed 2nd Belgium Knesselare Malt Whisky Corner http://www.maltwhiskycorner.be
Thurs 3rd Belgium Wechter BU-V – Werchter /
Fri 4th Belgium Frameries Distri Dubuisson – Frameries /
Sat 5th Luxembourg Shopping-Center Massen http://www.massen.lu/cms/index.php/de/
Sun 20th Netherlands Vroenhoven http://www.drankenshopbams.nl/schotsiersedag.html
Mon 21st Netherlands Wageningen Woudenberg http://www.woudenbergdranken.nl/
Tues 22nd Netherlands Bilthoven Verhaar whisky shop http://www.whiskyshop.nl/
Wed 23rd Netherlands Musselkanaal Frans Muthert http://www.fransmuthert.nl/
Thurs 24th Netherlands Bergen op Zoom DH17 http://www.dh17.nl/2015/07/kilchoman-european-tour-2015-komt-naar-dh17/
Sat 26th France Whisky Live Paris
Sun 27th France Whisky Live Paris
Mon 28th France Whisky Live Paris
Wed 30th Germany Schwetzingen Barbara’s Wine Yards www.barbaras-wine-yards.de
OCTOBER
Thurs 1st Germany Würzburg Scotland’s Glory www.scotlands-glory.de
Fri 2nd Germany Gifhorn wiertz genussvoll www.wiertz-genussvoll.de
Sat 3rd Germany Hamburg Weinquelle www.weinquelle.com
Sun 4th Germany Kiel Mc Lang’s www.mc-langs.de
Tues 6th Denmark Herning Uhrskov Vinhandel http://www.uhrskov-vine.dk/
Wed 7th Denmark Aarhus Chas-E, Vinkyperen and Mahlers Vinhandel
Thurs 8th Denmark Ballerup Skjold Burne Ballerup og Skjold Burne Stenløse
Fri 9th Sweden Malmo Bishops Arms, Gustav Adolfs Torg
Sat 10th Sweden Stockholm The Swedish Whisky Society
Sun 11th Sweden Sodertalje Telje Whisky Society
This year Kilchoman sponsored the first ever UK Saltwater Fly Fishing Festival in St Mawes, Cornwall. Competitors who came from as far as the Czech Republic competed over 2 days to catch Sea bass and Mullet from the shore around St Mawes using saltwater flys. Kilchoman’s Kathy Wills was one of the competitors but sadly didn’t manage to come top of the leader board. Kilchoman will be sponsoring the event next year, the dates are 15th -18th September. Follow the link to a video of this years event put together by Angling Active.
The 2015 harvest is finally underway here at Kilchoman. In the coming weeks around 100 tonnes of malting barley will be harvested from the fields surrounding the distillery and after a bit of shovelling, bubbling, maturing and bottling it will become Scotland’s only single malt created on-site from Barley to Bottling.
We are yet to analyse this year’s crop however after a rather damp June and July the weather was much improved from early August and hopes are high that the 2015 harvest will be as good as ever! Once the harvesting is complete the barley will be dried and stored ready to be floor malted in two tonne batches here at the distillery throughout 2016. Click here to see an animation showing how we transform our barley into Kilchoman single malt whisky.
This year we released the 5th Edition of our annually released 100% Islay range, despite being the newest and smallest distillery on Islay we are proud to be the only distillery in Scotland producing Single Malt Whisky using traditional farm distillery methods. We look forward to tasting this year’s crop sometime in the 2020’s but we have quite a bit of work to do between now and then…
