Kilkerran 8 Year Old Bourbon Cask Cask Strength 2026 Release 700ml
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Kilkerran at full strength. Eight years in bourbon casks, bottled straight from the wood at 57.7%.
2026 Release
8 Year Old Cask Strength, Bourbon Cask Matured
Part of Kilkerran's limited annual cask strength series
Released once a year, the 8 Year Old cask strength moves between cask styles, with past editions fully matured in sherry and port. The 2026 release is bourbon cask from start to finish, the purest look at the distillery's spirit you can get.
The whisky
Where the 12 Year Old is about balance, this is about intensity. Eight years in ex-bourbon wood gives vanilla, orchard fruit and creamy malt, and bottling at full cask strength keeps every bit of Kilkerran's oily, coastal character in the glass.
Collectors follow the series release by release, comparing how each cask style shapes the same spirit. This edition is the one for drinkers who want the house style, unfiltered and undiluted.
Tasting notes
- NoseButterscotch, custard creams, apple butter, cream sponge and poached pear.
- PalateShortbread and caramel chocolate, gooseberry and white grape, then cigar box smoke and sandalwood.
- FinishLong and warming, with citrus zest, honey and a gentle wisp of coastal smoke.
- With waterA few drops lift the orchard fruit and soften the spice into vanilla cream.
The distillery
Glengyle first ran its stills in 1872 and fell silent in 1925, one of the many casualties as Campbeltown's whisky trade collapsed. In 2004 the Mitchell family, the independent owners behind neighbouring Springbank, brought it back to life, returning the town to three working distilleries.
The whisky carries the name Kilkerran, taken from Ceann Loch Chille Chiarain, the original Gaelic name for the settlement that became Campbeltown. Everything is bottled the traditional way: natural colour, non-chill filtered and never rushed.
Limited release
An annual allocation from Campbeltown. When this edition is gone, the next release will be a different expression of the series.
