DUALITY – Compass Box & Bimber Distillery Whisky News
A DELICIOUS COLLABORATION
Our newest release celebrates the art of whisky blending and the generosity of cask sharing that makes blending possible. We’re very excited to unveil DUALITY; a compelling collaboration between Compass Box and Bimber Distillery.
A WHISKY BORN IN LONDON
Bimber Distillery are experts at whisky distilling – and they also happen to be our neighbours. As fellow West London Whiskymakers, our blending team has admired their craftsmanship for years. But it wasn’t until a visit to their distillery in 2020 by lead Whiskymaker, James Saxon, that the prospect of a partnership began to take shape. While DUALITY contains whisky from both England and Scotland, this is a whisky truly born in London.
DUAL BY NAME…
The name DUALITY is fitting, as this whisky is a pairing of peat and sherry styles. And because two creations have been born from this collaboration. There will be two iterations of DUALITY – one from Compass Box, one from Bimber. Two creative interpretations of the same idea.
A DANCE OF FLAVOURS
Compass Box’s DUALITY contains a favourite ‘teaspooned’ Islay Blended Malt from our archives, and a Bimber Single Malt aged in Pedro Ximenez sherry casks. The Islay Blended Malt delivers intense peatiness and a tarry quality with notes of salted caramel, while the Bimber Single Malt brings flavours of roasted pineapple and delicately sweet raisin. It’s a delightful dance for the senses. Sip it and follow the interplay of tastes between young and old, Scotland and England, sherry and peat.
