Kilchoman Distillery

The Kil­choman Dis­tillery is a dis­tillery that pro­duces sin­gle malt Scotch whisky on Islay, an island of the Inner Hebrides. The dis­tillery is sit­u­ated on the west­ern side of Islay, near the small town of Kil­choman. The loca­tion makes the dis­tillery the most west­erly in Scotland.

His­tory

The dis­tillery began pro­duc­tion in June 2005, was the first to be built on the island of Islay in 124 years. The dis­tillery uses bar­ley grown on site at Rock­side Farm and malted at the dis­tillery, as well as malt from the moth­balled Port Ellen Dis­tillery malt­ings and intends to release sep­a­rate bot­tlings depend­ing on the source of the grain.

The dis­tillery first filled casks on Decem­ber 15, 2005 and the dis­tillery will begin to bot­tle 5 Year old sin­gle malt in the sum­mer of 2011. Kil­choman also intends to release 8, 10 and 12 Year old bot­tlings. The whisky will pri­mar­ily age in bour­bon casks, though sherry casks will also be employed.