{"product_id":"kilchoman-batch-strength","title":"Kilchoman Batch Strength","description":"\u003cp\u003eNestled amongst the traditional buildings of Rockside Farm on the west coast of Islay, Kilchoman Distillery is famous as the island’s farm distillery. A paddock-to-bottle distillery with its own barley fields stretching west to the shores of Machir Bay and the Atlantic Ocean, Kilchoman has built a solid range of single malts featuring fresh, vibrant peat smoke, citrus sweetness and a balance of fruit and spices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, if you’ve been lucky enough to have tasted a cask strength Kilchoman before, be it a Single Cask or Machir Bay Cask Strength, you’d be aware of just how well the distillery’s spirit shines at a high ABV. In fact, the 58.6% ABV cask strength release of the classic Machir Bay (normally 46%) in 2021 took out Best Islay Single Malt with a whopping 99\/100 score at the Ultimate Whisky Challenge awards.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo, when it came time to create its first ever core range batch strength release, Kilchoman decided to go the extra mile, and selected a combination of re-charred red wine casks to marry with Oloroso Sherry butts and Bourbon barrels. The result is a colossal dram combining the \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003enatural peat smoke\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ecitrus character\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e of Kilchoman with \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003edark fruits\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003erich spices \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003esweet caramel\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e. At 57% ABV and bottled non-chill filtered and with natural colour, it embodies Kilchoman’s quintessential characteristics and is a powerful, robust and flavoursome single malt that demands your attention.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“At 57% ABV, Batch Strength is a giant of a dram, it has a raw intensity, that I love. But importantly, that power is balanced by a delicacy and finesse that speaks for the quality of our production processes in the stillhouse, and also the quality of casks used for maturation,”\u003c\/em\u003e says Kilchoman Founder Anthony Wills.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeat lovers, these are served on a first-in, first-served basis so \u003cem\u003enow \u003c\/em\u003eis the time to get in on the official launch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot yet a part of Australia’s biggest whisky community? \u003ca title=\"Sign Up free now\" href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSign Up free now\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e to get your hands on a bottle of this and upcoming exclusive releases.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kilchoman Distillery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46490024706127,"sku":"WC0403","price":180.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/1185\/7487\/files\/kilchomanbatchstrength_pdp_main.png?v=1787701694","url":"https:\/\/thewhiskyclub.com.au\/products\/kilchoman-batch-strength","provider":"The Whisky Club AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}