Bimber Spirit Of The Underground - Everything you need to know Ep:15

The Bimber Spirit of the Underground ticks a lot of boxes for me. But what makes it such an interesting release? This is by no means the first release from the Bimber distillery but it marks a big change in their strategy I would argue. CLARIFICATION RE ENGLISH WHISKY: The point I was trying to make about English Whisky is that there are no ORIGIN CONTROLS on the product - meaning that English whisky does not need to be distilled in England. As such spirit from other countries (i.e. Scotland, Ireland etc) can be imported and bottled as English Whisky. The FULL regulations for English Whisky are as follows: Whisky or whiskey is a spirit drink produced exclusively by: i. distillation of a mash made from malted cereals with or without whole grains of other cereals, which has been: 1. saccharified by the diastase of the malt contained therein, with or without other natural enzymes, 2. fermented by the action of yeast; ii. one or more distillations at less than 94,8 % vol., so that the distillate has an aroma and taste derived from the raw materials used, iii. maturation of the final distillate for at least three years in wooden casks not exceeding 700 litres capacity. iv. The final distillate, to which only water and plain caramel (for colouring) may be added, retains its colour, aroma and taste derived from the production process referred to in points (i), (ii) and (iii). · The minimum alcoholic strength by volume of whisky or whiskey shall be 40 %. · No addition of alcohol as defined in Annex I(5), diluted or not, shall take place. · Whisky or whiskey shall not be sweetened or flavoured, nor contain any additives other than plain caramel used for colouring A big thanks to Matt from the Bimber distillery for his clarification on this point. There is more than one regulation regarding the production of English whisky - b ______________________________ 0:00 Start 0:39 Introducing the Spirit of the Underground Series 1:57 History of the Bimber Distillery 4:16 Spirit of the Underground marketing 5:28 The first Underground release 7:29 Spirit of the Underground as an investment 8:50 The English whisky industry 10:27 Conclusions Website | www.marklittler.com Contact | [email protected] Cask Buying Guide | www.marklittler.com/whisky-cask-magazine-sign-up Facebook | www.facebook.com/marklittlerantiques Instagram | www.instagram.com/mark_littler_ltd