Kilchoman Machir Bay Cask Strength 2025 70 cl. 58,1%

Kilchoman Distillery, located on Islay’s rugged west coast, is one of Scotland’s most authentic and independent distilleries. As a true “farm distillery,” Kilchoman grows its own barley, floor-malts on site, and oversees distillation, maturation, and bottling in-house. This gives the whisky a distinctive identity and a deep connection to Islay’s wind-swept fields and salty sea air.

Kilchoman Machir Bay Cask Strength 2025 is a special edition of the distillery’s flagship whisky, Machir Bay—named after the iconic sandy beach near the distillery. This release is bottled at natural cask strength of around 58%, non-chill filtered and with no added colouring. The higher strength showcases the whisky in its purest and most intense form.

The whisky is matured in a carefully selected combination of bourbon barrels and Oloroso sherry casks, delivering freshness, sweetness, and depth. On the nose, you’re greeted by bold maritime peat smoke, sea salt, citrus, green apples, and a hint of toasted oak. The palate is rich, full-bodied, and energetic, with notes of vanilla, caramel, spicy pepper, dried fruit, and a firm backbone of smoke. The finish is long, warm, and salty, with an elegant balance between sweet malt and dry smoke.

Machir Bay Cask Strength 2025 shows Kilchoman at its most honest and powerful—a whisky with strength, freshness, and finesse. It’s ideal for the experienced whisky enthusiast who wants to experience Islay’s character unfiltered, and who appreciates a whisky that evolves with a few drops of water and time in the glass.