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US prices for Kilchoman to remain unchanged despite 25% tariff
December 2, 2019Kilchoman Distillery and ImpEx Beverages team up to spare consumers from paying Scotch tariffs Last month, the Trump administration announced damaging tariffs on all Single Malt Scotch Whisky, leaving members of our industry wondering how this will impact their supply chain and their customers along the three-tier system. There is no doubt that Americans will […]
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Can you explain some of the challenges of growing barley on Islay? The main challenge is the weather. We don’t get as much dry weather as the east coast, where most Scottish barley is grown. On Islay there is a lot of wind and sometimes when the barley is ripening, we don’t get as much […]
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A Farm Distillery
October 29, 2019When my father had the idea of building Kilchoman he wanted the distillery to echo the shared history of farming and distilling on Islay. These two ancient arts had been completed in partnership on the island for hundreds of years however, as the industry commercialised in the late 1800s and trade with the mainland became […]
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Kilchoman Distillery – An Idea That Turned into Reality
January 28, 2019Kilchoman Distillery has a unique story, founded in 2005, it was the first distillery to be built on Islay in over 124 years and the only farm distillery on the island. Known for our traditional approach to whisky making, from barley to bottle, there are many questions that come our way, however there is one […]
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