0yo New Spirit - 63.5% - Kilchoman

[Mark C]

Miniature from Kilchoman website. Possibly a month or two in a barrel - not got the bottle anymore.

n: Very smoky; a bonfire in a glass.

m: Spicy and fruity. Very tasty for something almost straight off the still.

[Malt-Teaser]

I have the same(?) mini, it's as follows;
Kilchoman, new spirit, distilled 23.4.2008, bottled 23.3.2009, 63.5% ABV

bourbon cask, 50ppm, Optic barley


Glass: Spiegelau

Colour: Extremely pale yellow, only just coloured water

Nose: Beneath the alcohol burn (well it is 63.5%) is a sweet summer-fruit salad in a bowl of peat, dressed with heather. After a few minutes the peat recedes to leave a little apple, pear and a fine chardonnay grappa, with just a faint hint of new rubber. (That reminds me, it's almost time to pet the winter tyres on the car)

Palate: Smooth, oily and huge. The apple, pear and grappa immediately assault the palate and refuse to leave, tantalising the tongue for an eternity, although this does turn quite dry after just a few moments.

With 3 drops of water: The peat immediately returns and dominates the nose, whereas the palate is even smoother and longer with a perfumed mixture of peat and fruit.

With 3 more drops of water: The rubber returns to dominate the nose and a little almond joins the apple and grappa on the palate.

Finish: Extremely long and if anything, it gets longer with each addition of water.

Overall Impression: I am impressed! In fact so impressed, I'll be back to this one soon!

[laddie teun]

there are several (minio) bottlings of new amk kilchoman. but the ones I've tried...i like it!
we had a new make tatsing (or more a nosing and a little bit of tasting) of 33 different new makes two weeks ago. kilchoman did very well!