Kilchoman 5 years old Single Cask Release Tokyo International Bar Show

I have already dedicated a few posts to Tokyo International Bar Show & Whisky Live Tokyo 2013 but no worry I really like that event and have only good memories. I put on the blog tasting notes of special releases prepaired for the show eg. BenRiach 1985 Limited Realease TIBS and GlenDronach Single Cask 2002 TIBS.

As a matter of fact I have one more bottle from TIBS & Whisky Live Tokyo 2013. It is Kilchoman 5 years old Single Cask Release for Tokyo International Show & Whisky Live Tokyo 2013.
Kilchoman was established in 2005 and is the youngest distillery on Islay of Islay. As, it is a farm distillery (Rockside Farm), it is surrounded by cultivated fields, some barley used in production comes from here, also it is locally malted. Very nice and calm place. There is: visitors centre, shop and nice restaurant. In Kilchoman Distillery they use Bourbon barrles from Buffalo Trace Distillery, Kentucky, USA and sherry oloroso casks from Spain. Kilchoman 100% Islay is very interesting proposition – from barley, matling to bottling – everything on Islay of Islay.
Kilchoman 5 years old Single Cask Release for Tokyo International Show & Whisky Live Tokyo 2013, is very young whisky, but natural colour, unchillfiltered i 57,3% ABV. Distilled on 8th November 2007, bottled on 8th January 2013. My bottle No. 445 out of 2007. Whisky, all the time, was matured in sherry oloroso casks.
I like Kilchoman bottles, especially its thick and wide base.
Lets do the tasting!

C: dark amber,

N: peat is obvious, high ABV level irritates the nose, a little sherry, addiction of water opened the nose and gave some freshness, delicate melon, watermelon and ash have appeared,

T: intense, fast-growing, soury, sherry, red ripe fruits, sweet and then straight to the overwhelming peat, on pepper,

F: medium long, peated.

Score: 82.

Kilchoman 5 years old although young has quite a nice temper and accurately predicts the future of distillery. Described today release could mature a little longer, so it would pull out more from the wood. So far peat is quite overwhelming but in the future you will fell more sherry notes.

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