Cambus 30 Years Old 1991 Cask #104230 (Signatory)

This Cambus was from the independent bottler Signatory Vintage, a 30 year old release distilled in 1991, from cask 104230 and bottled at 54.4%. A release of 439 bottles. Cambus was a Lowland grain distillery on the River Devon in Clackmannanshire, founded around 1806 and closed in 1993. Single grain Cambus is rare, mostly from independent bottlers, with the odd Diageo Special Release.

The spirit was run off the distillery's continuous column stills, to build a soft, sweet grain character. Maturation in a sherry cask laid dried fruit over the oily grain. Long ageing brings a deep coconut, toffee and a mellow, polished oak. Years in oak deepen the toffee and crème brûlée notes of aged grain. Most surviving Cambus was distilled in the late 1980s and early 1990s, before the doors closed. Grain whisky like this gains coconut and toffee from decades in active oak. The light, sweet grain takes on a deep, oily richness over many years.

At a natural 54.4% it is full and oily. The Oloroso brings dried fruit and a nutty depth over the sweet grain. Soft toffee and vanilla sit behind the sweetness. It closes long, sweet and oily. This is an old Lowland single grain of real character.