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VISIT THE LOCATIONS THAT INSPIRED OUR WHISKIES
For three days during the Feis Ile this year we will be using our new Kilchoman Land Rover to visit Machir Bay, Loch Gorm, our new Conisby warehouse and of course the distillery itself, tasting our whiskies ‘on location’ with a limited group of Kilchoman fans.
Lasting three hours and finishing with lunch in our visitor centre cafe, we are running this event on Monday 26th, Tuesday 27th and Wednesday 28th May at 9am (Maximum 6 people – £100 per person – £20 non-refundable deposit to be taken on booking).
Please phone the distillery if you would like to book this event and we look forward to seeing you in May!
(All events on Thursday 29th May now full).
BOOKINGS BEING TAKEN FROM 10AM 1ST APRIL BY PHONE ONLY
Monday 26th May
9am ‘Off-Road Dramming’
Your journey of discovery starts at the distillery itself with a taste of our unique 100% Islay produced from barley to bottle onsite at Rockside Farm. You will then be taken in our new Kilchoman Land Rover to the sites that inspired the whiskies we make today. An opportunity to taste Machir Bay 2014 on the beach itself, Loch Gorm Second Edition by its peaty shores, and you will be among the first to visit our brand new warehouse sited at Conisby for a taste directly from our maturing casks. Finishing with a look at the changes we’ve made at the distillery this year, you will then enjoy lunch in our café – traditional Cullen Skink with a Panini of your choice, our home made lemon drizzle cake served with our New Make Spirit, and a local Islay ale.
(Maximum 6 people – duration approx. 3 hours – includes lunch)
£100 (Deposit £20 at time of booking)
2pm Manager’s Tour
Enjoy an indepth explanation of our single malt whisky process, taste new make spirit and cask samples, learn of the changes we’ve made at the distillery recently and of our plans for the year ahead.
(Maximum 12 people – duration approx. 2 hours)
£25 (Deposit £5 at time of booking)
Tuesday 27th May
9am ‘Off-Road Dramming’
Your journey of discovery starts at the distillery itself with a taste of our unique 100% Islay produced from barley to bottle onsite at Rockside Farm. You will then be taken in our new Kilchoman Land Rover to the sites that inspired the whiskies we make today. An opportunity to taste Machir Bay 2014 on the beach itself, Loch Gorm Second Edition by its peaty shores, and you will be among the first to visit our brand new warehouse sited at Conisby for a taste directly from our maturing casks. Finishing with a look at the changes we’ve made at the distillery this year, you will then enjoy lunch in our café – traditional Cullen Skink with a Panini of your choice, our home made lemon drizzle cake served with our New Make Spirit, and a local Islay ale.
(Maximum 6 people – duration approx. 3 hours – includes lunch)
£100 (Deposit £20 at time of booking)
1pm Manager’s Tour
Enjoy an indepth explanation of our single malt whisky process, taste new make spirit and cask samples, learn of the changes we’ve made at the distillery recently and of our plans for the year ahead.
(Maximum 12 people – duration approx. 2 hours)
£25 (Deposit £5 at time of booking)
3.30pm Conisby Warehouse Experience
Our first ever tasting at the new warehouse will include sampling from a number of casks, at various stages of maturation, whilst enjoying fine views over the Loch Indaal.
(Maximum 25 people – duration approx. 90 minutes)
£30 (Deposit £10 at time of booking)
Wednesday 28th May
9am ‘Off-Road Dramming’
Your journey of discovery starts at the distillery itself with a taste of our unique 100% Islay produced from barley to bottle onsite at Rockside Farm. You will then be taken in our new Kilchoman Land Rover to the sites that inspired the whiskies we make today. An opportunity to taste Machir Bay 2014 on the beach itself, Loch Gorm Second Edition by its peaty shores, and you will be among the first to visit our brand new warehouse sited at Conisby for a taste directly from our maturing casks. Finishing with a look at the changes we’ve made at the distillery this year, you will then enjoy lunch in our café – traditional Cullen Skink with a Panini of your choice, our home made lemon drizzle cake served with our New Make Spirit, and a local Islay ale.
(Maximum 6 people – duration approx. 3 hours – includes lunch)
£100 (Deposit £20 at time of booking)
11am Tour with Founding Director Anthony Wills
Enjoy an indepth explanation of our single malt whisky process with Anthony himself, taste new make spirit and cask samples, learn of the changes we’ve made at the distillery recently and of our plans for the year ahead.
(Maximum 12 people – duration approx. 2 hours)
£25 (Deposit £5 at time of booking)
Thursday 29th May – Kilchoman Open Day
11.00am Be a Bottler
Join our bottling team and experience the time and care that goes into every bottle of Kilchoman. Fill and label your own bottle of Machir Bay using our hands-on approach, and get it authenticated and signed by Anthony Wills or John MacLellan.
(Maximum 12 people – duration approx. 45 minutes – includes authenticated and signed bottle of Machir Bay)
£50 (Deposit £10 at time of booking)
12.00am Manager’s Masterclass – Our Expressions Deconstructed
After tasting our 2014 releases of 100% Islay, Machir Bay and Loch Gorm you will discover each of the cask types used for those expressions, tasting samples at cask strength to understand what each contributes to the final taste profile. A sneak preview too of some Port Cask samples to be used in our brand new release due out in September later this year!
(Maximum 30 people – duration approx. 1 hour 15 mins)
£30 (Deposit £5 at time of booking)
2.00pm Club Members’ Masterclass – The Story of 100% Islay
In this masterclass, you will hear about we came to make our unique 100% Islay whisky produced using barley from Rockside Farm itself. With an indepth explanation of how our barley is processed separately throughout production, we will use comparative tastings of each stage to examine the differences between it and the commercial malt from Port Ellen that we use for our more heavily peated expressions. Understand the challenges of malting through to bottling, whilst sampling both Kilchoman and ‘Port Ellen’ wash, new make spirit and cask samples of the two at various stages throughout maturation in the quest to identify the aromas and flavours that make our 100% Islay unique.
(Maximum 30 people – duration approx. 1 hour 15 mins)
£25 (Deposit £5 at time of booking)
3.30pm Be a Bottler
Join our bottling team and experience the time and care that goes into every bottle of Kilchoman. Fill and label your own bottle of Machir Bay using our hands-on approach, and get it authenticated and signed by Anthony Wills or John MacLellan.
(Maximum 12 people – duration approx. 45 minutes – includes authenticated and signed bottle of Machir Bay)
£50 (Deposit £10 at time of booking)
Still House Open House
Throughout the day you will be invited into the stillhouse to chat to our production team and get up close whilst our new make spirit is being made.
(Maximum 12 people – no pre-booking required)
No charge
Tutored Tastings of the Kilchoman Range
Available throughout the day – no pre-booking required
£5
We look forward to seeing you then!
One of the stops on Anthony and Kathys recent tour of Australia was The Oak Barrel in Sydney where Anthony sampled several releases both new and old –
http://whiskyledger.com/2014/03/22/kilchoman-tasting-with-anthony-wills/
This year’s clothing range is now available including eye catching new t-shirts, ladies bodywarmers and our stylish new rugby top.
Please visit our online shop for more info – kilchomandistillery.com/whisky-shop/clothing
20% OFF SALE on all old stock.
Anthony and Kathy are currently halfway through a tasting tour of Dubai, India, New Zealand and Australia. They are spending three weeks on the road hosting tastings, visiting customers and attending whisky festivals. Here are a few examples of what they have been getting up to, including Anthony making an appearance on the channel 3 news at Dramfest..
http://www.3news.co.nz/Christchurch-host-to-largest-Southern-Hemisphere-…
http://mycustardpie.com/2014/02/27/kilchoman-whisky-tasting-in-dubai/
1. Kilchoman is named so because the distillery sits in the parish of Kilchoman, Kilchoman Church is only a few hundred metres from the still house.
2. It takes 17 days to transform harvested Kilchoman barley into new make spirit which is filled into casks
o 1 day drying the harvested barley
o 2 days steeping
o 5 days malting
o 1 day peating
o 2 days Kiln drying
o 1 day mashing
o 4 days fermenting
o 1 day distilling
3. Only 10 casks of Kilchoman were filled in 2005, the distillery’s founding year.
4. Kilchoman is approximately 1/10th the size of Islay’s next smallest distillery and 1/50th the size of Islay biggest distillery.
5. Kilchoman is one of only 7 Scotch whisky distilleries practicing traditional floor malting.
6. Kilchoman was the first distillery to be built on Islay for 124 years.
Happy New Year from everyone at Kilchoman! It was a great 2013 with a few changes at the distillery. A new warehouse has been built, new heat exchanging equipment has been installed and it was also a record production year with a little over 130,000 litres of alcohol being produced.
We are hoping for another fantastic year in 2014 and here is what we have planned for you..
– Machir Bay 2014 (Spring)
– Loch Gorm (Spring)
– 100% Islay 4th Edition (Spring)
– Cask Strength Release (Autumn)
– Port Cask Matured (Autumn)
We have had a great end to the year at Kilchoman and just to top it off our latest release, the 2007 Vintage, has been awarded Islay Single Malt of the Year by the Whisky Advocate Magazine. Brilliant news, our thanks go to Whisky Advocate. Merry Christmas and here’s to a prosperous 2014!
http://whiskyadvocate.com/whisky/2013/12/19/whisky-advocate-award-islay-single-malt-of-the-year-2/
For guaranteed Christmas delivery on all UK orders
please place your orders no later Wednesday 18th December.
For guaranteed Christmas delivery on all orders outside of the UK please
place your orders by Monday 16th December.
Orders placed after these dates will be dispatched up to the 24th December.
Please note orders placed after 25th December will not be
dispatched until 7th January 2014.
