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Fly Fishing Festival
16.10.2015This 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 […]
READ FULL POSTThe 2015 Harvest Has Begun
26.09.2015The 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 […]
READ FULL POSTSunset over the Kilchoman Barley Fields
13.08.2015The Kilchoman barley is ripening nicely in the recent good weather we have been enjoying on Islay. The good weather appears to have disappeared for the time being but the barley continues to grow nevertheless. In a few weeks the combine will be dusted off and put into action, all being well the barley will […]
READ FULL POSTSmoked Gigha Halibut and Kilchoman Barrels
08.08.2015Smoked Gigha Halibut use old Kilchoman barrels to smoke their delicious halibut with and we would like to congratulate them on just winning 3 gold stars in the Great Taste Awards as well as being in the top 50 foods of the awards. To be in this lofted company each of these products has been […]
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