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Kilchoman Winter 2010 Release Tasting note

By Miguel in Tasting , Kilchoman

“True Islay Character!”

90
Kilchoman Winter Release 2010
The 5th general release bottling from Islay's farm distillery. Another small batch release for Winter 2010. Matured for over 3 years in fresh bourbon barrels.

This dram has a white wine-like color.

Nose (90): strong. peat, grass, pears, citrus.

Palate (91): oily, powerful. peat, sweet, malt, citrus, floral.

Finish (90): long. peat, floral, citrus.

So based on other whiskies I have already tasted I rate this Kilchoman Winter Release 2010 with 90 points over 100.

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Kilchoman Spring 2011 Release Tasting note

By Miguel in Tasting , Kilchoman

“All Kilchoman are strongly peated but this one also has a lovely cereal nose”

90
Kilchoman Spring Release 2011
The Spring 2011 release of Kilchoman is here and the early reviews have been excellent, so we can't wait to try it!

This is the sixth official release of Kilchoman and is a vatting of three year old and four year old whisky from first fill and refill bourbon casks.

This dram has a white wine-like color.

Nose (91): more than average. toffee, peat, citrus, grass, barley, spices, vanilla.

Palate (89): powerful. honey, peat, citrus, vanilla, pepper.

Finish (89): longer than average. peat, honey, citrus.

So based on other whiskies I have already tasted I rate this Kilchoman Spring Release 2011 with 90 points over 100.

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April's orders batch: Holidelays

By Miguel in Orders , Cooley , Kilchoman

Holidays, family, whisky and raining: Nothing is perfect.

April order from The Whisky Exchange and Master of Malt

This month I haven’t had time to photo all the bottles received, so finally they did a huge batch that I have finished photographing today.

This batch features some interesting bottles as the “limited release” Mackinlays Shacklenton , Cooley’s Greenore 18 years old, the latest Kilchoman Spring 2011 and the finish Terenpeli whisky.
Also I bought another bunch of miniatures and samples to keep writing about them. As usual I ordered them from Master Of Malt and The Whisky Exchange

Here is the list:


BTW Master of Malt has Mackinlays Shacklenton’s whisky again in stock now: http://www.masterofmalt.com/whiskies/mackinlays-shackleton-rare-old-highland-malt-whisky/


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Kilchoman Summer 2010 Release Tasting note

By Miguel in Tasting , Recommended , Kilchoman

“ This is the closest thing to run along Islay fields and fall on a peat bog :) .”

92
Kilchoman Summer Release 2010
This is the very first general release from Kilchoman that is matured entirely in fresh and re-fill bourbon barrels. The bottling took a bow at Whisky Fringe and is as good as if not better than anything we've tasted from this brilliant little place out west.

This dram has a white-like color.

Nose (88): inexistent. sweet, peat, earthy, floral, a little vanilla hidden behind the wall of peat. First nosing data is innacurate as the previous tasting sheet lacked of this field.

Palate (96): . earth, peat, sweet, vanilla. Bouquet data is innacurate as the previous tasting sheet lacked of this field.

Finish (92): no finish. earth and peat. Finish length is innacurate as the previous tasting sheet lacked of this field.

So based on other whiskies I have already tasted I rate this Kilchoman Summer Release 2010 with 92 points over 100.

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Kilchoman Inaugural Release Tasting note

By Miguel in Tasting , Kilchoman
92
Kilchoman Inaugural Release 3 year
Aged 2.5-3 years on bourbon casks and then finished in sherry casks for 6 months. Wow, this is quite stunning! Old-fashioned in many respects: oily texture, with rooty, layered peat smoke, coal tar, shoe polish, and hints of wet sheep as the foundation for a complex array of additional flavors: toffee apple, caramel fudge, blackberry jam, golden raisin, grist, bourbon barrel char, and licorice root. Long, smoldering ember, dried herb, light toffee finish. It’s all balanced perfectly, and very mature for its age.

This dram has a white-like color.

Nose (88): inexistent. sweet, peat, citrus, more peat, floral, earth. First nosing data is innacurate as the previous tasting sheet lacked of this field.

Palate (96): . hot, peat, earth, sweet. Bouquet data is innacurate as the previous tasting sheet lacked of this field.

Finish (92): no finish. peaty, earthy finish. Finish length is innacurate as the previous tasting sheet lacked of this field.

So based on other whiskies I have already tasted I rate this Kilchoman Inaugural Release 3 year with 92 points over 100.

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Kilchoman: Latest Islay Whisky Distillery

By Miguel in Featured , Kilchoman

True artisan hand made farm whisky. Like whisky used to be done.

Kilchoman established in 2005, is a farm distillery and the first to be built on Islay for 124 years. Kilchoman gives everyone the opportunity to see all that is best in the grass-roots traditions of malt whisky distilling – from barley to bottle.

The distillery

Kilchoman Distillery
Kilchoman is one of the smallest distilleries in Scotland with an annual production of 100,000 litres of alcohol. It is one of only six distilleries to carry out traditional floor maltings, but the key difference at Kilchoman is that the barley is grown on the farm at the distillery, whereas other distilleries purchase barley from around the country or even from other countries, as it is not a requisite that scotch whisky to be done with scotch barley.

John Mac Lellan, the Manager

John Mac Lellan, General Manager, has over 21 years experience working in the distilling industry and prior to joining Kilchoman he worked for almost 21 years at Bunnahabhain Distillery. He started at Bunnahabhain as a mashman in 1989 and became distillery brewer in 1993 before taking over as distillery manager in 1997.

The barley

Kilchoman 2006 Casks
100 tonnes of malting barley is grown and malted at the distillery. This represents 30% of Kilchoman annual production. The balance of malt is purchased from the Port Ellen Maltings on the island.
The two malts are kept separate through the production process and when mature they will release two expressions of Kilchoman Single Malt.

The Malting

Kilchoman is one of only six distilleries in Scotland (three of these are on Islay – Bowmore and Laphroaig are the others) that still malts its barley on its own floor at the distillery.The majority of distilleries purchase their malt requirements from a commercial maltings.

The Ageing

80% of Kilchoman annual production is filled into a combination of fresh bourbon barrels from Buffalo Trace Distillery, Kentucky and refill casks and 20% into fresh oloroso sherry butts.

Some Kilchomans from my collection



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