Bimber Earth: The Four Elements Single Malt English Whisky
Limited release | London | Single malt | 58.5% Alc. | 70cl
Key Information
Distillery: Bimber
Region: Greater London
Type: Single malt
Cask: Lightly peated ex-bourbon (#478)
Alc.: 58.5%
Volume: 70cl
Bottled: April 2023
Release size: 275 bottles
Tasting Notes
Earth is built around Aberdeenshire peat, carried through a lightly peated mash and matured in a single ex-bourbon cask. At cask strength, expect the peat to sit alongside the vanilla and light oak that ex-bourbon wood typically contributes, rather than dominating it.
What Makes Earth Distinctive
- Part of a four-release series from Bimber, each built around a different elemental idea: this is the peat and earth-driven release of the set.
- Matured in a single cask rather than a batch, so the character is specific to cask #478 rather than an average across several casks.
- Bottled from just 275 bottles, making it one of Bimber's smaller single cask releases.
Perfect For
Drinker typeWhisky drinkers who enjoy a lightly peated style and want to taste how Bimber's London water and ex-bourbon cask policy interact with peated barley.
OccasionA considered dram for a quiet evening, or for a single cask collection alongside Bimber's other Four Elements releases.
About Bimber
Bimber is a whisky distillery in London, founded by a family who emigrated from Poland in 2003; "Bimber" means moonshine in Polish. The first casks were filled in May 2016, and the distillery has bottled in small batches and single casks since 2019, using mainly ex-bourbon and sherry wood alongside some fresh virgin oak.
Understanding English Whisky
London last had a working whisky distillery more than a century before Bimber's first casks were filled in 2016, which makes the current wave of London distilling, Bimber included, genuinely recent. Single cask and small batch releases like this one are common across English whisky because most distilleries are still working through comparatively young, limited stock rather than large, established reserves.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What does "Four Elements" mean for this release?
A: It's the name Bimber gave to a series of four single cask releases, each built around a different elemental theme. Earth is the peat and cask-driven release in that set.
Q: Is this whisky peated?
A: Yes, lightly. It uses Aberdeenshire peat rather than the heavier, more common Islay-style peat, so expect a gentler smoke character than a typically peated Scotch.
Q: How does Bimber compare to Scotch whisky?
A: Bimber is an English single malt, made in London rather than Scotland, maturing in a noticeably warmer, more humid climate than most Scotch distilleries. That tends to speed up how the spirit interacts with the cask.
Q: How should I serve it?
A: Neat, or with a few drops of water to open up the peat and oak, is our preference for a cask strength single cask release like this.
