Bimber 2017 Single Madeira Cask Finish #109/4 'The Channel' / Sea Shepherd
The founders of London's Bimber distillery, Dariusz and Ewelina, moved from Poland to the UK in 2003, opening their distillery in the Park Royal area of west London twelve years later. Plazewski inherited his passion for whisky from his grandfather, who also distilled his own spirits. The company’s first casks were laid down on the 26th May 2016, and three years later they released their first single malt in September 2019. This became the first whisky to be distilled and bottled in London for over a century. The distillery carries a “farm-to-bottle” approach by sourcing 100% of its barley from a single producer and using traditional floor maltings and slow fermentation techniques. Distillation takes place via a 1,000-litre wash still and a 600-litre spirit still that were both crafted by Hoga of Spain.
In June 2021 brothers Alex and Nick Ravenhall, often known as the ‘Whisky Smugglers’, swam across the English Channel from Dover to Calais with a team of four other swimmers to raise money for Sea Shepherd New Zealand. Partnering with London’s Bimber Distillery, each swimmer transported a dram of whisky which was then blended back into its original cask following the completion of the swim. The project was known as Whisky & Waves and this exclusive single cask bottling is the result.
A 2017 vintage, the whisky was finished in a Madeira cask and bottled in 2021.
One of 292 bottles.
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