History,
Bimber distillery introduced this inaugural peated single malt whisky. It is a combination of four ex-bourbon casks. The whisky was distilled in May 2019 with a ppm of 14.4 in the final product. They choose to mention the in-bottle ppm, contrary to almost every other distillery, simply because they claim it is the only objective measurement for what’s in your glass (read this). While certainly a good point, it doesn’t make it any easier to compare expressions accross producers.
The barley for Bimber The 1st Peated comes from their own farm (Fordham & Allen in Hampshire). The barley is steeped three times over 40 hours before turned every eight hours over five days. Then it is dried with a combination of dry and wet peat.
Bimber The 1st Peated (54,1%, OB 2022, 1140 btl.)
Tasting Notes,
Nose: cold and damp cigarette smoke, if that makes sense, with some unexpected coastal side to it. Dried seaweed, a few dusty notes and lots of charcoal notes. Hints of cigar boxes and burnt mint leaves. Underneath there are sweet orchard fruits and hints of citrus zest. Even a hint of pineapple juice appears. Then something of wet cardboard as well, but it fits this profile.
Palate: Then quite some bright lemony notes, followed by Granny Smith but also hints of icing sugar with lemon. Then a hint of dark chocolate appears, with tobacco and wood char. Some herbal notes come out too. A nice gradual evolution towards darker flavours.
Finish: medium length, more warming now, with crushed peppercorns, cigar boxes and a refreshing gingery note.
Bimber distillery introduced this inaugural peated single malt whisky. It is a combination of four ex-bourbon casks. The whisky was distilled in May 2019 with a ppm of 14.4 in the final product. They choose to mention the in-bottle ppm, contrary to almost every other distillery, simply because they claim it is the only objective measurement for what’s in your glass (read this). While certainly a good point, it doesn’t make it any easier to compare expressions accross producers.
The barley for Bimber The 1st Peated comes from their own farm (Fordham & Allen in Hampshire). The barley is steeped three times over 40 hours before turned every eight hours over five days. Then it is dried with a combination of dry and wet peat.
Bimber The 1st Peated (54,1%, OB 2022, 1140 btl.)
Tasting Notes,
Nose: cold and damp cigarette smoke, if that makes sense, with some unexpected coastal side to it. Dried seaweed, a few dusty notes and lots of charcoal notes. Hints of cigar boxes and burnt mint leaves. Underneath there are sweet orchard fruits and hints of citrus zest. Even a hint of pineapple juice appears. Then something of wet cardboard as well, but it fits this profile.
Palate: Then quite some bright lemony notes, followed by Granny Smith but also hints of icing sugar with lemon. Then a hint of dark chocolate appears, with tobacco and wood char. Some herbal notes come out too. A nice gradual evolution towards darker flavours.
Finish: medium length, more warming now, with crushed peppercorns, cigar boxes and a refreshing gingery note.
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