By Paer Johansson The foundation of new whisky distilleries is always exciting. When a new distillery in London with the unique name of “Bimber” releases their first Single Malt, the excitement is even larger. The history behind Bimber goes back three generations to Poland where the founder’s grandfather distilled his own moonshine. In 2003, the founders of Bimber, Darius and ...

London’s Bimber Distillery has opened entries to its Founders’ Club, and will release a limited number of private casks for members to purchase (just in time for Father’s Day), to celebrate its first casks reaching three years of maturity. Members will receive their first, exclusive cask strength bottle of London Single Malt Whisky in December this year. This is different ...

By Father John Rayls Rating: A When I started becoming acquainted with this English Whisky from Cotswolds Distillery, I wasn’t expecting much. This in spite of The Whisky Bible scorings of 94 points, 94 points and 95 points over the last 3 years. But I have to say this whisky is the real deal, and those scores are not exaggerated. ...

By Richard Thomas When Penderyn opened in 2000, returning whisky distilling to Wales for this first time since 1894, most observers I know of reckoned it was an appropriate development. The Welsh, after all, were just as Celtic as the Irish and the Scots. But England getting into the whisky-making game was an odder development, provoking slight bewilderment. The English, ...

By Richard Thomas East London Liquor Company, an English micro-distillery that opened near Victoria Park in London last year, has announced plans to distill a rye-malt whisky hybrid. The distillery currently makes vodka and gin, so the rye-malt hybrid project will be their first reported foray into whisky-making. The mashbill is 58% malted barley and 42% rye, and will be ...