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Bimber Distillery reaches record height
English distillery Bimber has set the record for a single malt reaching the highest summit, with its whisky landing at the peak of Mount Lhotse in Nepal.
The record is believed to have been previously set by Rebecca Stephens MBE, who became the first British female mountaineer to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1993.
Her summit bid was backed by single malt Scotch brand Glenmorangie, which also provided the team with Glenmorangie 10 Years Old, making it highest-reaching single malt whisky at the time.
In May, Philip Pinchin, founding member of Bimber Distillery, began his climb of Lhotse to raise funds for medical charity Cobalt.
Bimber supported this endeavour by creating a whisky made from a ‘unique marriage’ of three different cask types, including some of the distillery’s oldest and finest stock, for the climbing team to take to the top.
The Lhotse Challenge 2023 bottling arrived on the summit of the mountain on 24 May at a height of 8,516 metres, which exceeds the previous record by more than 2,000 metres.
Matt McKay, Bimber’s director of marketing and communications, said: “We were astounded to discover that the climbing team had successfully reached the summit of Lhotse with the bottle of Bimber single malt.
“Similarly to all of the world’s highest mountains, climbs of this height are extraordinarily challenging to undertake and even more so to complete. To achieve the summit and to take the time to photograph the Bimber Lhotse Challenge 2023 bottle at the top is just remarkable.
“Together with our generous members and supporters we have raised more than £7,000 [US$8,798] for Philip’s charity climb – achieving the highest bottle of single malt on Earth at the same time makes us feel on top of the world.”
Following the climb, the summit bottle has been returned to Bimber and will be auctioned alongside a full-sized 700ml edition in the near future.
The 700ml bottle will be presented with a hand-painted label to raise additional funds for Cobalt.
In April, the brand launched Ex-Bourbon Oak Casks Batch 4 – its oldest small batch single malt whisky to date.