Opposites appeal to: Bimber and Compass Field unveil ‘Duality’ blended malt whiskies

Bimber Distillery along with Compass Field have at present revealed ‘Duality’ – a duet of blended malt whiskies created collaboratively by the 2 London-based Whiskymakers. That includes two distinct, but linked whiskies which shall be launched on the similar time – the Duality expressions deliver the custom of generously buying and selling casks to their houses in West London and have been crafted as an exploration of the symmetry and contrasts of sherry-matured whiskies and closely peated malts. Every consists of elements sourced from each England and Scotland and strives to juxtapose youth and maturity with texture and depth to create new united harmonies. Each Duality expressions shall be out there from Tuesday 4^th July instantly from the respective producer’s web sites.

Designed by Bimber’s Matt McKay and Compass Field’s James Saxon, the 2 Duality releases had been created extremely collaboratively with each Whiskymakers working in tandem. The London-based companions explored a wide-range of part whiskies from each Bimber’s rising warehouse and Compass Field’s intensive Scotch archive – every deciding on a particular sherried and peated ingredient for his or her particular person Duality blended malts. The ultimate whiskies not solely provide steadiness and symmetries inside their very own bottles – however additionally they stand as a special duo created from an preliminary shared imaginative and prescient.

The Bimber Duality launch takes textural, vibrantly fruity Bimber drawn from a peated ex-bourbon cask and combines it with a parcel of venerable 1^st fill sherried malt from Glendullan Distillery. The discharge consists of 340 bottles offered at 54% ABV and with an RRP of £120.

The Compass Field Duality takes a core of intensely smoky whisky from Ardbeg Distillery and combines it with wealthy and textural Pedro Ximénez-matured Bimber whisky. The discharge consists of 1,050 bottles offered at 52% ABV and with an RRP of £180.

Talking of the launch of the 2 Duality releases, Matt McKay from Bimber stated: “It has been a pleasure to create Duality with a group as passionate and creative as Compass Field. The top outcomes communicate not solely to the mindsets and approaches of each a distillery and a Whiskymaker in conjunction, but additionally to the unbelievable versatility of the part malts which have been chosen for mixing. The Bimber Duality bottling is the primary time our London whisky has been utilised at the side of malts from totally different distilleries – we’re extremely pleased with the consequence and are delighted to have collaborated with Compass Field to supply this duo of Dualities.”

James Saxon from Compass Field added: “I’ve been an enormous admirer of Bimber since visiting in September 2020 – my first distillery tour after lockdown! I’ve wished to discover a option to deliver the eye to element and distinctiveness of Bimber’s spirits right into a Compass Field undertaking since that day. Working with the Bimber group, we created Duality and a pair of releases to rejoice our West London Whiskymaking connection. Duality is not like something we now have made at Compass Field earlier than – the burden and texture the Bimber brings to our heavily-peated Islay malt is really compelling.”