Compass Box Duality

Compass Box, the London-based independent bottler and whiskey maker of ethereal Scottish blends and blended malts, traditionally sources its whiskeys from Scotland’s long-standing historic distilleries. In June 2023, they broke with that tradition by collaborating with Bimber Distillery, a small craft distillery from West London. The result is a blend that is groundbreaking in the field of independent bottling.

Together, the West London neighbors launched two expressions of their collaboration. The recipe for both releases is 60 percent peated whiskey and 40 percent unpeated whiskey from ex-sherry casks. Compass Box Duality is a stylish, limited-edition marriage between Islay’s Ardbeg (with a “ teaspoon ” of Caol Ila) and a Pedro Ximenez-matured malt whiskey from Bimber. It is also the first time that Compass Box has sourced a whiskey that does not come from Scotland.