Bimber Distillery today announced that a bottle of its single malt whisky had reached the summit of Mt. Lhotse in Nepal – the fourth highest mountain in the world. At a height of 8,516 metres, this feat surpasses the previous record set in 1993 by over 2,000 metres.

During May 2023, Founder Member Philip Pinchin strove to climb Lhotse to raise funds for medical charity Cobalt. As part of Bimber’s support for this heroic endeavour, a unique marriage of three different cask types was created, including some of the distillery’s oldest and finest stock. A sample of the ‘Lhotse Challenge 2023’ release accompanied the climbing team from London all the way to Nepal and finally on the 24th May 2023 the bottle was brought to the summit of the mountain.

Following the competition of the climb, the summit bottle has now been returned to Bimber and will shortly be auctioned together with a full-sized 70cl edition presented with a hand-painted label to raise additional funds for Cobalt.

Speaking of the achievement Bimber spokesperson Matt McKay 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 over £7,000 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!”