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George and the Land Rover are all set to depart for the Uk Tour, here is a list of all the evening tastings being held during the Land Rover Uk Tour.

Sun 2nd November, Elgin – The Drouthy Cobbler

Mon 3rd, Dufftown- Whisky Shop Dufftown 

Tues 4th, St Andrews – Luvians 

Wed 5th, Edinburgh- The Whisky Shop, Victoria Street 

Thurs 6th, Edinburgh- Royal Mile Whiskies 

Fri 7th, York- The Wine Lodge

Sat 8th, London- Spirited Wines, Holland Street 

Mon 10th, London- Vinopolis 

Tues 11th, Stourbridge – Nickolls and Perks 

Wed 12th, Skipton – Wright Wine Company 

Thurs 13th, Glasgow- The Bon Accord 

Fri 14th, Ayr – Robbies Drams 

Sat 15th, Glasgow – The Glasgow Whisky Festival 

There will be regular updates on Facebook and Twitter but if you would like to book on tastings please contact the shops directly.

Here it is, our last release of 2014! The Original Cask Strength, 59.2% ABV, one to keep you warm as the nights draw in.

A total of 35 ex-bourbon barrels filled in 2009 were selected for bottling, gleaning of total of 9,200 bottles.  The limited edition release will be available worldwide, through existing distributors and online from today (October 3rd)

Bottled at 59.2% ABV Kilchoman’s special edition is non chill filtered and bottled at natural cask strength, presenting the whisky in its purest form with un-paralleled intensity of flavour and texture.

Anthony Wills, managing director of Kilchoman, said: “it has always been my intention to release a cask strength expression once we had the stock available.   This is the way single malt should be drunk.   It allows everyone to experience Kilchoman with all the characteristics captured in the glass”.

Enjoy!

James and Peter had a great few days in Holland, thank you to all the people who came along to the tastings.  They are currently in Germany where they have a packed schedule of tastings, five more days in Deutschland and then they head on to Austria, Italy, Switzerland and finally France. To see more pictures and keep up to date with their antics visit their Facebook or Twitter pages.

The remaining German stops are below, for the full list of all events in the remaining countries click here

Sunday – Whisky and Dreams, Eppertshausen www.whiskyanddreams.de 

Monday afternoon – Whisky Spirits, Frankfurt www.whiskyspirits.de  Monday evening – Vinisky, Linden – www.vinisky.de

Tuesday afternoon – Kitzmann Braukontor, Erlangen www.kitzmann.de  Tuesday evening – Whiskyfassla, Nurnberg  www.whiskyfaessla.de

Wednesday – Cigar Malt and More, Ingolstadt www.cigar-in.de

The European Tour is now underway with James, George and Peter visiting 8 countries in the next 4 weeks. James and George have crossed the Channel in the Land Rover and have been visiting shops around Belgium. Peter will be joining them on Monday when they reach Holland.

Belgium and Luxembourg with The Nectar are the first stops –

Sept 3rd – Crombe 3.0, http://www.crombewines.com/
Sept 4th – Tasttoe, http://www.tasttoe.be/
Sept 5th – Toby Vins, http://tobyvins.be/site/
Sept 6th – Shoppingcenter Massen, http://www.massen.lu/

Let us know if you spot the Kilchoman Land Rover out and about…

At the end of August we will release our first ever Port Cask Matured whisky, just 1000 cases (6) of the special edition release will be bottled.

The Port Cask Matured release, the first of its kind from the distillery, is fully matured in ex Ruby Port casks allowing for the full influence of the port casks to be imparted into the whisky. The Port Cask Matured release is non chill-filtered and is natural colour. It is bottled at 55% ABV and will be available on 5th September from the distillery shop and other worldwide markets.

The Port Cask Matured has a mahogany colour with a touch of ruby. The nose is powerful with lemon and citrus notes and the palate has smoke right away along with sweet, nutty milk chocolate character. There is a heavy textured finish which drifts away to dry smoke with oakiness.

Due to the high interest and limited number of bottles this will be limited to one bottle per person from the Kilchoman shop – RRP £68

Here they are ladies and gents, a full list of the tasting to be held by James and Peter during their tour through Europe in the Kilchoman Land Rover during Sepetember.

Take a look at our interactive map and see when we’ll be near you.  If you would like to book onto any of these tastings please either contact the shops directly through the links below or email james.wills@kilchomandistillery.com and peter.wills@kilchomandistillery.com.

You can also keep up with all the latest news by liking our dedicated Facebook page and Twitter feed.

Squadron Leader Jim Turner, “Red 1”, presented with a bottle of Loch Gorm as a thank-you for making a group of visitors from Mission Excellence welcome at one of their “In-Season Practice” days at RAF Scampton.

The annual beach rugby tournament took place on Islay last Saturday on the beach at Port Ellen. It was a beautiful day on Islay (as always) and there were more than a few red faces by the end of the day. We were keen to win back the title we won a few years ago and took on Oban in the final with 4 of the Kilchoman team on the pitch – James Wills, George Wills, Peter Wills and Jamie Wells. We were up 6 – 1 at half time and ran out 7 – 4 winners to lift the cup for the second time! Congratulations to the team and a special mention to Russell Nimmo who was named player of the tournament as well.

We had our busiest ever open day last Thursday, thank you to all the visitors who came down to enjoy the dramming, music and food, we hope to see you all again next year, if not sooner!  The Feis Ile 2014 bottling was a big hit, unsurprisingly we sold all 525 bottles but if you happen to be visiting the distillery in the next week or so there might be an open bottle in the tasting cupboard…

The 2014 Feis Ile bottling has been matured for over 5 years in two fresh bourbon barrels and finished in a fino sherry butt for 3 months. There will be 525 bottles at cask strength and will retail for £79.50 per bottle on Thursday 29th May.

Colour – Copper gold
Nose – Nice peat tempered by sherry, lots of spice with green apple fruitiness.
Palate – A nice take on Kilchoman. A drier than normal sherry sweetness. Cinnamon, cloves and some apple and citrus flavours.
The finish is very clean, fino dryness, long light sherry, nice mouth filling flavours.