Opened in 2005, Kilchoman was the first new distillery to be built on Islay for 124 years. Its proprietors are the Wills family, and the distillery saw a return of the practice of “farm distilling” to the island, with its own barely fields, malt floors and kilns. Today around 25% of its barley requirement is self-fulfilled, and in 2011 they bottled their first 100% Islay release of single farm, single malt. The distillery’s first release came in 2009, and it has cemented a fine reputation ever since.
The first ever bottling of Kilchoman as a single malt, this Inaugural Release was aged for 3 years in Buffalo Trace bourbon casks, before being finished for 6 months in Oloroso sherry casks.
Only 9,000 bottles were produced.
The first ever bottling of Kilchoman as a single malt, this Inaugural Release was aged for 3 years in Buffalo Trace bourbon casks, before being finished for 6 months in Oloroso sherry casks.
Only 9,000 bottles were produced.