Welcome to Inbox, our weekly round up of whisky news and PR material that has found its way in to our WFE email. It was created as we cannot write full articles or do justice to every piece received. It features items from around the world of whisky and is published by us each Friday. Within Inbox we aim to write a few lines detailing each press release/piece of news/PR event that we have received and provide links, where possible, for you to find out further information.
Here is the round-up of the news from this week.
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Bimber
The London distillery of Bimber has announced its oldest batched single malt to date - the Bimber Ex-Bourbon Oak Casks Batch No.4. The whisky has been crafted from the distillery's oldest pocket of first-fill ex-bourbon casks. These were filled in 2017, which was just Bimber's second year of production.
The new bottling is also Bimber's largest to date - there are 7,000 bottles available. These will be initially available from the distillery in west London before being released to selected specialist retailers in the UK. It will also be available in selected world markets including selected countries in Asia and Europe, plus the USA. A bottle will cost £68/ US$85.
"Whilst the number of Bimber enthusiasts continues to grow, as a small craft distillery we have struggled to keep up with the exponential demand for our products. As our largest ever release, we hope that Batch 4 will quench some of the continued global demand that we are seeing for our London single malt whiskies."Matt Mackay / Director of Marketing & Communications at Bimber.
Bushmills
The Irish whiskey brand of Bushmills has announced the release of two premium whiskey to permanently sit at the top of their core range of triple distilled single malts - the Bushmills 25 years old and 30 years old. The 25 years old (pictured, left) has experienced a four year initial maturation in ex-bourbon and ex-sherry casks before a 21 year secondary maturation in ex-Port pipes. It is bottled at 46% ABV and is both non-chill filtered and of natural colour. The whiskey will be available worldwide and retail for US$900/ £790/ €850.
The Bushmills 30 years old (pictured, right) is positioned at the top of the core range and has again experienced a lengthy secondary maturation. The whiskey was initially aged for 14 years in ex-bourbon and ex-sherry casks before being transferred to ex-Pedro Ximenez sherry casks for a further 16 year period. It is also bottled at 46% ABV and is both non-chill filtered and of natural colour. It will be available worldwide at a cost of US$2,200/ £1,990/ €2,000. Both whiskies were created by Alex Thomas, the Master Blender for Bushmills.
Gordon & Macphail
The family owned independent bottling company of Gordon & Macphail have launched the third bottling in their annual Mr. George Legacy series. The series honours the legacy of George Urquhart, known as 'Mr. George' in the Scotch industry, who joined the family business in 1933. The Mr. George Legacy Glen Grant 1959 represents the final cask held by the company from that particular year. The whisky was distilled in October 1959 and filled to a single first-fill ex-sherry butt (Cask #3665). It has been bottled in November 2022 at 63 years of age and with the natural cask strength of 56.5% ABV. The cask has yielded just 368 bottles.
The Gordon & Macphail Mr. George Legacy Glen Grant 1959 is both non chill-filtered and of natural colour, and is said to retain a subtle background smokiness not found in modern Speyside whiskies. It will be available worldwide in specialist and luxury retailers. A bottle will cost £6,500/ US$8,100.
"Ninety years ago my grandfather, Mr George, joined Gordon & MacPhail as an apprentice to his father, John. His philosophy and principles live on through the business today and his attention to detail and unwavering commitment to quality remain the foundation stones of our business."Stuart Urquhart / Operations Director at Gordon & Macphail.
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