Kilchoman tasting with John MacLellan

Thursday 25th of October, Denmark, at Hotel Eyde in the centre of the main street Bredgade, in the city of Herning, on behalf of Offie Uhrskov Vine, an evening with John MacLellan was held. I joined the danes for a whisky tasting with the Distillery Manager of the year, according to The Whisky Magazine, and of course the tastings were all great and all Kilchomans. It seems theres a special connection between Denmark and Kilchoman Distillery as there's always a lot of single cask bottlings for Denmark surfacing around in wine shop in this flat and small country. And when I was approached to join this tasting for 50 quid, which included 8 drams, one full bottle of Kilchoman to take home and 4 hours listening to the informative and entertaining John MacLellan, I knew I couldn't let that chance slip. Jens from danish whisky importer FC Whisky was also present and shared a bit of the reasons and ideas behind forming a relationship with one of the youngest distilleries in Scotland.

The ones about to be tasted, the three red boxes are especially bottled for Denmark and imported by FC Whisky. The black one is a sherried edition, and the blue ones are the standards most of us know well by now, I presume.

A lot of danes had turned up, and the room was absolutely packed.

John MacLellan, talking about the principal of the 100% Islay Inaugural releases.

John MacLellan with the two sons of the Uhrskov Vine store-owner, Ulrik if I remember correctly, whom had created this successful tasting and surely put in a more than decent amount of work to it.

Distillery Manager of the Year 2012, John MacLellan, together with Norwegian of the Evening, Jonas. You can see by the way I'm holding my glass that I've just tried all those 8 whiskies :-).

And this was the whiskies we tried. I must apologize for not having all that sharp photos, but I didn't want to use the blitz in respect of other people at the tasting.









All in all I must say it was a great night, and definitively worth the trip for me, and as a bonus, we were able to purchase all of the whiskies at the tasting at very fair prices after the tasting was finished. Next tasting at Uhrskov will be with Adelphi in march or april 2013, also then in companionship with FC Whisky. Until then, if ever in Herning, be sure to drop by their shop in Bredgade 56.