Kilkerran Work in Progress

Kilkerran 15 Year Old Single Cask, Bourbon Wood

In order to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Glengyle Distillery, the distillery released a series of kilkerran single cask, each aged 15 years and matured (or secondary matured) in one of 5 varieties of casks (Bourbon, Oloroso, Port, Madeira, Fino). Every country would receive its own cask limited to however much the outturn was. Canada (The...

Score 89/100

Kilkerran Work in Progress 5 Sherry Cask

Kilkerran (formerly known as Glen Gyle) was founded in 2004 (thanks to funding from Springbank) after it had been closed since 1925. This work in progress malt was matured in a Sherry cask for 9 years * Nose: vanilla is the first prominent note, definite earthiness, yeast, tar, sea salt, some sand and sour apple. With water has that Jura note,...

Score 79/100

Kilkerran Work in Progress 7 Bourbon

After production at the new Glengyle distillery began in 2004, the company released a number of "work-in-progress" (WIP) bottlings, starting with the 1st release in 2009 and ending with the two 7th releases (Bourbon Wood and Sherry Wood) in 2015. This review looks at the bourbon cask-matured edition of WIP 7, distilled in 2004 and...

Score 88/100

Kilkerran 12 Year Old

Glengyle distillery, originally founded in 1872, had been closed for more than half a century when it was acquired in 2000 by Hedley Wright, owner of Springbank distillery. Production at the new Glengyle distillery began in 2004 and the first limited release, a three-year old, appeared in 2007. The whisky from Glengyle distillery is not called...

Score 87/100