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6 Random Kilchoman Facts
February 22, 20141. 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 […]
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Malt Floor
February 18, 2014We are well underway with production in 2014 now and the small changes to the distillery have certainly made life a little easier on the malt floor! A conveyor in the middle of the floor now takes the barley straight up and into the Kiln.. A very welcome improvement from previously using broom handles and […]
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New Vatting Tanks Being Fitted
January 14, 2014We have had a busy start to 2014 at the distillery with lots of new equipment being fitted. As well as the new Conisby warehouse, which now holds all our maturing casks, we have installed two new vatting tanks in the warehouse opposite the still house. The new vatting tanks will marry the Machir Bay, […]
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Happy New Year
January 2, 2014Happy 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 […]
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