Kilchoman Fèis Ìle 2021 New Release & 12 Tasting Drams + Tasting Glasses

AVAILABLE FROM APRIL 21ST AT 2PM (ISLAY TIME)

Later in the day join them on Social Media at 6pm on Thursday 3rd of June for the ‘Through The Ages’ Fèis Ìle Tasting. Taste along with your Kilchoman Tasting Glass as they take you through the 15 years of Kilchoman maturation. They will start with tasting their New Make Spirit before following the journey of maturation through 2006, 2011 and 2016 ex-bourbon barrels, fascinating to see how the casks have impacted on the spirit character and colour over the years.

New Make Spirit – 63.5% (20ml) – Spirit flowing straight from the Kilchoman stills is reduced to 63.5% abv before being filled into cask for maturation. The spirit is clean, packed full of citrus fruit and malty notes with maritime smoke.

2016/645 ex-bourbon barrel – 59.7% (20ml) – Maturing since 2016, this whisky has taken on plenty of character from the barrel and a significant change from the new make spirit is evident on the nose and palate.

2011/203 ex-bourbon barrel – 53.2% (20ml) – 10 years maturation and this 2011 whisky has further impact from the barrel, the balance of the Kilchoman spirit and the cask influence really developing over time.

2006/04 ex-bourbon barrel – 53.7% (20ml) – Something special from their very limited 2006 stock, just the 14th cask ever to be filled at Kilchoman! One of the very oldest casks at the distillery, over 15 years of maturation has transformed this whisky since it was first filled as spirit.

Rolling straight into the next online tasting on their Social Media starts at 7.15pm on Thursday 3rd of June for the ‘Experimental Casks’ Fèis Ìle Tasting. Taste along with your Kilchoman Tasting Glass as they take you through some of the different and unfamiliar casks maturing in their warehouse. Over the years they have released a number of limited edition experimental cask types, from last years Fino to the upcoming Madeira, they have always enjoyed trying something a bit different. These casks are all full maturation and not finishes, allowing the full impact of the different cask types to be felt on the whisky.

Calvados Cask 356/2018 – 62.1% (20ml) – This cask is selected from their first batch of full maturation Christian Drouin Calvados casks. These high quality casks bring lots of fresh apple fruitiness to the whisky, even after a short period of maturation.

Port Cask 480/2014 – 57.3% (20ml) – A Ruby Port cask at almost 7 years of age. Ruby Port casks similar to this have been used in limited releases they have done in the past however, this single cask has had a far longer maturation.

Cognac Cask 737/2016 – 58.4% (20ml) – The rare quality of Cognac Ferrand has added great depth to the Kilchoman spirit. This cask is one of the first test batch to be filled in 2016.

STR Cask 207/2018 – 61.5% (20ml) – This is an STR (Shaved, Toasted and Re-charred) Red Wine cask. This specific cask type is very uncommon but something that has worked very well with the Kilchoman spirit.