Time to revisit Kilchoman. Not long ago I reviewed their Travel Retail expression Coull Point which I considered as a good one if you love Kilchoman dearly and/or young peated Islay whisky (see here), but personally I found it a bit disappointing. So let’s shoot for a corrective experience and try another Kilchoman. This time it’s a 5 years old single cask, distilled 24.4.2008, aged in ex-bourbon cask and bottled on 29.4.2013

Kilchoman Single Cask Release 2008 (61.7%, € 84.95)

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Another day in Feis Ile 2014, another distillery open day on Islay. And today it’s Kilchoman distillery. I visited the distillery and took the manager distillery tour (highly recommended! my recap is here). The Kilchoman dram I selected for today is Coull Point – their recent entry to the Travel Retail market. Coull Point is a rugged headland, about half a mile north of Machir Bay, not too far from the distillery. Coull Point is basically a 4 year old whisky (although there’s no age statement on the bottle), vatted from Bourbon Casks and Oloroso Sherry Casks. Continue reading →

Yesterday I posted an entry on my visit at Kilchoman distillery and the Distillery Manager tour I took. I tasted Machir Bay and the 100% Islay drams during the visit but unfortunately couldn’t take any notes. So instead, here are my tasting notes on the original Kilchoman Sherry Cask release.

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