The marketing concept of the Genesis series is to trace the production of Kilchoman whisky “from barley to bottle” with individual bottlings. The eight stages of the journey, which takes at least 1130 days (as Kilchoman founder Anthony Wills puts it), from harvesting the barley in the company’s own fields, malting, peating, mashing, fermenting, distilling, maturing to bottling, are each to be addressed by a separate bottling, thus honouring the traditions of a farm distillery.
The bottle design of the series is very appealing and the packaging is not the Kilchoman standard cardboard box but the sturdy hinged box that is already known from some Kilchoman special bottlings.
As the name Peating – Stage 3 already reveals, the bottling is dedicated to the 3rd production step of Kilchoman whisky production, the peating of the barley, i.e. days 13-14. The peat Kilchoman cuts on Islay gives Kilchoman whisky its so characteristic maritime-smoky note. The malt produced by Kilchoman itself has a peat level of about 20 ppm after peating, about 30% of Kilchoman whisky production is made with it and marketed as Kilchoman 100% Islay, the remaining about 70% is made with malt from the Port Ellen Maltings, which has a peat level of 50 ppm.
Genesis Peating – Stage 3 is a small batch release with 70% bourbon, 5% oloroso sherry and 25% STR casks.
