Kilchoman 2006 5 Year Old

Kilchoman Machir Bay 2012

I work at a liquor store and sometimes I feel like an ass when I someone tells me, "I don't drink anything younger than a 12 year old whisky," because my initial reactions is, "I want to grab you by the collar and shake the Sh#t out of you and smack you in the face!" Then, at that moment, I bite my tongue, thinking that I...

Score 92/100

Kilchoman Inaugural 100% Islay

The familiar banana bread nose of Kilchoman with a little leather and saddle soap. Soft and sweet flavour with some spicy oak to finish. Young, but a good starting point.

Score 76/100

Kilchoman Inaugural Release 3 Year Old

Kilchoman's Machir Bay is the distillery's lovely and subtle core expression. The nose offers strong peat and yeasty biscuit notes, followed by an intense green apple sweetness that reminded me of those scented Strawberry Shortcake dolls of the 1980s. (Indeed, after conducting a bit of internet research, I discovered there was an apple-based...

Score 92/100

Kilchoman Single Bourbon Cask

I’ve sampled from only a few Kilchomans over the years. In all honesty I often find Kilchoman to be of good quality, but often overpriced and rather inconsistent. It's for that reason it's easily the Islay distillery that I've explored the least. Well, it's time to change that. Here's a 5 year old single barrel bourbon-matured Kilchoman that's...

Score 84/100