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Big Beardy
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[quote="William"]I got the chance to taste a few Kilchoman whiskies last night, Machir Bay, 100% Islay and a bottle whiich Antony Wills had bottled by hand straight from the cask before travelling to Edinburgh. This single cask whisky was from one of the oldest casks maturing at Kilchoman, it is 7 years old and was bottled at cask strength so it is about a couple of years older than anything which has been released so far. The single cask Kilchoman will never be released but will be available to taste at the Whisky Fringe this weekend as the special "half time orange" dram at the Kilchoman stall and it is a cracker. It shows you how well Kilchoman is developing. One to look out for if you are going along to the Whisky Fringe.[/quote]
Is this the one being bottled by Royal Mile Whiskies? I bought their last bottling after last year fringe; it was epic!!
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William
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| Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2013 11:49 am Post subject: |
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| Big Beardy wrote: | | William wrote: | | I got the chance to taste a few Kilchoman whiskies last night, Machir Bay, 100% Islay and a bottle whiich Antony Wills had bottled by hand straight from the cask before travelling to Edinburgh. This single cask whisky was from one of the oldest casks maturing at Kilchoman, it is 7 years old and was bottled at cask strength so it is about a couple of years older than anything which has been released so far. The single cask Kilchoman will never be released but will be available to taste at the Whisky Fringe this weekend as the special "half time orange" dram at the Kilchoman stall and it is a cracker. It shows you how well Kilchoman is developing. One to look out for if you are going along to the Whisky Fringe. |
Is this the one being bottled by Royal Mile Whiskies? I bought their last bottling after last year fringe; it was epic!! |
No, this one hasnt been bottled, it is still maturing on Islay, Antony filled one bottle straight from the cask this week and has brought it to Edinburgh as a special bottling to let people try. What is special about it is that it is older than any Kilchoman whisky that has been available to date and it is a cracker as i said, you can taste the peat is starting to mellow a little with age. I believe Royal Mile also have a single cask bottling but i havent tasted it.
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Big Beardy
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| Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2013 12:27 pm Post subject: |
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Think I know where my half-time orange ticket is going..............loved my visit to Kilchomen a couple of years ago; loved the whisky ever since.
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Mark
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| Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2013 6:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Have to say i do like Machir Bay and i am looking forward to this coming of age. William, did they mention if they have an target age in mind yet for Kilchoman? |
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William
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| Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2013 8:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Mark wrote: | | Have to say i do like Machir Bay and i am looking forward to this coming of age. William, did they mention if they have an target age in mind yet for Kilchoman? |
Mark i was told that they have no plans to put an age statement on any of there bottlings.
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Cuba
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| Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2013 12:48 pm Post subject: |
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I see a RMW exclusive bottling of Kilchoman got 9th place in the Spirit of the Whisky Fringe Awards 2013. The top 10:
1. TOMATIN 30 year old
2. BALBLAIR 1997 2nd Edition
3. ARDBEG UIGEADAIL
4. HIGHLAND PARK 1991 Douglas Laing
5. GLENGLASSAUGH 30 year old
6. BUNNAHABHAIN 25 year old
7. BALVENIE 17 Doublewood
8. TAMDHU 1990 Hunter Laing
9. KILCHOMAN RMW 4 year old
10. BENRIACH 1994 UK Exclusive |
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James T
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| Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2013 12:59 am Post subject: |
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| Cuba wrote: | I see a RMW exclusive bottling of Kilchoman got 9th place in the Spirit of the Whisky Fringe Awards 2013. The top 10:
1. TOMATIN 30 year old
2. BALBLAIR 1997 2nd Edition
3. ARDBEG UIGEADAIL
4. HIGHLAND PARK 1991 Douglas Laing
5. GLENGLASSAUGH 30 year old
6. BUNNAHABHAIN 25 year old
7. BALVENIE 17 Doublewood
8. TAMDHU 1990 Hunter Laing
9. KILCHOMAN RMW 4 year old
10. BENRIACH 1994 UK Exclusive |
I have no doubt they are all great drams but I always wonder how honest these lists are, maybe i am a bit of a cynic but are they a marketing tool. |
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rlemkin
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| Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2013 1:15 pm Post subject: |
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| William wrote: | | Mark wrote: | | Have to say i do like Machir Bay and i am looking forward to this coming of age. William, did they mention if they have an target age in mind yet for Kilchoman? |
Mark i was told that they have no plans to put an age statement on any of there bottlings. |
Hmm, that's interesting so it's their intention to keep on bottling 3-4 year old whisky long into the future?
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jambo_sco
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my personal fav was the Glenglassaugh 30 (have a Oloroso Octave cask maturing up there now! + just got in before the price hike aswell).
this is a cracking event - the guys at royalmile whiskies done a great job pulling all this together 
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