The events for which booking is required on Thursday 29th May are now all full. However we do have availability on further tastings taking place during the Feis Ile week. Please contact the distillery on 01496 850011 for further details but events include Off Road Dramming at 9am on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday morning, limited places on a Manager’s Tour at 1pm on Tuesday, limited places on a tour with founder Anthony Wills at 11am on Wednesday, and our first ever tasting at the new Conisby warehouse at 3.30pm on Tuesday.
Otherwise we hope to see you at the distillery on Thursday 29th May for tastings, still house visits, music from Islay Pipe Band and Skerryvore, BBQ, and more!
DUE TO THE HIGH VOLUME OF ORDERS FOR OUR NEW LOCH GORM RELEASE, PLEASE ALLOW 5-7 WORKING DAYS FOR DISPATCH
Thank you for your patience
VISIT THE LOCATIONS THAT INSPIRED OUR WHISKIES
For three days during the Feis Ile this year we will be using our new Kilchoman Land Rover to visit Machir Bay, Loch Gorm, our new Conisby warehouse and of course the distillery itself, tasting our whiskies ‘on location’ with a limited group of Kilchoman fans.
Lasting three hours and finishing with lunch in our visitor centre cafe, we are running this event on Monday 26th, Tuesday 27th and Wednesday 28th May at 9am (Maximum 6 people – £100 per person – £20 non-refundable deposit to be taken on booking).
Please phone the distillery if you would like to book this event and we look forward to seeing you in May!
(All events on Thursday 29th May now full).
This is the second Loch Gorm Single Malt to be released. The first, which was released in April last year, was awarded the prestigious 2013 IWSC Gold (2013 edition). Each release is differentiated by the distillation and bottling dates on the front of the bottle and carton.
Fully matured from filling to bottling in fresh Oloroso sherry butts, Loch Gorm adds a new dimension to Kilchoman’s portfolio, bringing a depth of character and colour to the Islay Single Malt. The Loch Gorm range is the only all sherry cask-matured expression from Kilchoman.
The 2014 realease was filled into fresh Oloroso sherry butts in 2009 and bottled in spring 2014, this full ex-sherry cask maturation creates a unique balance of classic Kilchoman character and rich Oloroso sherry influence.
BOOKINGS BEING TAKEN FROM 10AM 1ST APRIL BY PHONE ONLY
Monday 26th May
9am ‘Off-Road Dramming’
Your journey of discovery starts at the distillery itself with a taste of our unique 100% Islay produced from barley to bottle onsite at Rockside Farm. You will then be taken in our new Kilchoman Land Rover to the sites that inspired the whiskies we make today. An opportunity to taste Machir Bay 2014 on the beach itself, Loch Gorm Second Edition by its peaty shores, and you will be among the first to visit our brand new warehouse sited at Conisby for a taste directly from our maturing casks. Finishing with a look at the changes we’ve made at the distillery this year, you will then enjoy lunch in our café – traditional Cullen Skink with a Panini of your choice, our home made lemon drizzle cake served with our New Make Spirit, and a local Islay ale.
(Maximum 6 people – duration approx. 3 hours – includes lunch)
£100 (Deposit £20 at time of booking)
2pm Manager’s Tour
Enjoy an indepth explanation of our single malt whisky process, taste new make spirit and cask samples, learn of the changes we’ve made at the distillery recently and of our plans for the year ahead.
(Maximum 12 people – duration approx. 2 hours)
£25 (Deposit £5 at time of booking)
Tuesday 27th May
9am ‘Off-Road Dramming’
Your journey of discovery starts at the distillery itself with a taste of our unique 100% Islay produced from barley to bottle onsite at Rockside Farm. You will then be taken in our new Kilchoman Land Rover to the sites that inspired the whiskies we make today. An opportunity to taste Machir Bay 2014 on the beach itself, Loch Gorm Second Edition by its peaty shores, and you will be among the first to visit our brand new warehouse sited at Conisby for a taste directly from our maturing casks. Finishing with a look at the changes we’ve made at the distillery this year, you will then enjoy lunch in our café – traditional Cullen Skink with a Panini of your choice, our home made lemon drizzle cake served with our New Make Spirit, and a local Islay ale.
(Maximum 6 people – duration approx. 3 hours – includes lunch)
£100 (Deposit £20 at time of booking)
1pm Manager’s Tour
Enjoy an indepth explanation of our single malt whisky process, taste new make spirit and cask samples, learn of the changes we’ve made at the distillery recently and of our plans for the year ahead.
(Maximum 12 people – duration approx. 2 hours)
£25 (Deposit £5 at time of booking)
3.30pm Conisby Warehouse Experience
Our first ever tasting at the new warehouse will include sampling from a number of casks, at various stages of maturation, whilst enjoying fine views over the Loch Indaal.
(Maximum 25 people – duration approx. 90 minutes)
£30 (Deposit £10 at time of booking)
Wednesday 28th May
9am ‘Off-Road Dramming’
Your journey of discovery starts at the distillery itself with a taste of our unique 100% Islay produced from barley to bottle onsite at Rockside Farm. You will then be taken in our new Kilchoman Land Rover to the sites that inspired the whiskies we make today. An opportunity to taste Machir Bay 2014 on the beach itself, Loch Gorm Second Edition by its peaty shores, and you will be among the first to visit our brand new warehouse sited at Conisby for a taste directly from our maturing casks. Finishing with a look at the changes we’ve made at the distillery this year, you will then enjoy lunch in our café – traditional Cullen Skink with a Panini of your choice, our home made lemon drizzle cake served with our New Make Spirit, and a local Islay ale.
(Maximum 6 people – duration approx. 3 hours – includes lunch)
£100 (Deposit £20 at time of booking)
11am Tour with Founding Director Anthony Wills
Enjoy an indepth explanation of our single malt whisky process with Anthony himself, taste new make spirit and cask samples, learn of the changes we’ve made at the distillery recently and of our plans for the year ahead.
(Maximum 12 people – duration approx. 2 hours)
£25 (Deposit £5 at time of booking)
Thursday 29th May – Kilchoman Open Day
11.00am Be a Bottler
Join our bottling team and experience the time and care that goes into every bottle of Kilchoman. Fill and label your own bottle of Machir Bay using our hands-on approach, and get it authenticated and signed by Anthony Wills or John MacLellan.
(Maximum 12 people – duration approx. 45 minutes – includes authenticated and signed bottle of Machir Bay)
£50 (Deposit £10 at time of booking)
12.00am Manager’s Masterclass – Our Expressions Deconstructed
After tasting our 2014 releases of 100% Islay, Machir Bay and Loch Gorm you will discover each of the cask types used for those expressions, tasting samples at cask strength to understand what each contributes to the final taste profile. A sneak preview too of some Port Cask samples to be used in our brand new release due out in September later this year!
(Maximum 30 people – duration approx. 1 hour 15 mins)
£30 (Deposit £5 at time of booking)
2.00pm Club Members’ Masterclass – The Story of 100% Islay
In this masterclass, you will hear about we came to make our unique 100% Islay whisky produced using barley from Rockside Farm itself. With an indepth explanation of how our barley is processed separately throughout production, we will use comparative tastings of each stage to examine the differences between it and the commercial malt from Port Ellen that we use for our more heavily peated expressions. Understand the challenges of malting through to bottling, whilst sampling both Kilchoman and ‘Port Ellen’ wash, new make spirit and cask samples of the two at various stages throughout maturation in the quest to identify the aromas and flavours that make our 100% Islay unique.
(Maximum 30 people – duration approx. 1 hour 15 mins)
£25 (Deposit £5 at time of booking)
3.30pm Be a Bottler
Join our bottling team and experience the time and care that goes into every bottle of Kilchoman. Fill and label your own bottle of Machir Bay using our hands-on approach, and get it authenticated and signed by Anthony Wills or John MacLellan.
(Maximum 12 people – duration approx. 45 minutes – includes authenticated and signed bottle of Machir Bay)
£50 (Deposit £10 at time of booking)
Still House Open House
Throughout the day you will be invited into the stillhouse to chat to our production team and get up close whilst our new make spirit is being made.
(Maximum 12 people – no pre-booking required)
No charge
Tutored Tastings of the Kilchoman Range
Available throughout the day – no pre-booking required
£5
We look forward to seeing you then!
We are pleased to say the visitor centre and cafe is now open on Saturdays! Come and have a look around Islays farm distillery and sample a few of the latest releases.. Or if you’re hungry the cafe will be serving cakes, soups, paninis and our famous Cullen Skink.
One of the stops on Anthony and Kathys recent tour of Australia was The Oak Barrel in Sydney where Anthony sampled several releases both new and old –
http://whiskyledger.com/2014/03/22/kilchoman-tasting-with-anthony-wills/
This year’s clothing range is now available including eye catching new t-shirts, ladies bodywarmers and our stylish new rugby top.
Please visit our online shop for more info – kilchomandistillery.com/whisky-shop/clothing
20% OFF SALE on all old stock.
We are happy to announce a new Kilchoman release named Coull Point. Continuing the tradition of naming our whiskies after landmarks near the distillery, Coull Point is rugged headland just half a mile north of Machir Bay. Coull Point is a limited edition bottling exclusively available from World of Whiskies duty free shops at airports across the UK.
Anthony and Kathy are currently halfway through a tasting tour of Dubai, India, New Zealand and Australia. They are spending three weeks on the road hosting tastings, visiting customers and attending whisky festivals. Here are a few examples of what they have been getting up to, including Anthony making an appearance on the channel 3 news at Dramfest..
http://www.3news.co.nz/Christchurch-host-to-largest-Southern-Hemisphere-…
http://mycustardpie.com/2014/02/27/kilchoman-whisky-tasting-in-dubai/
