Cameronbridge 27 Years Old 1991 Cask #DL 13169 (Old Particular)

Bottled by Douglas Laing, this Cameronbridge, aged 27 year old distilled in 1991, from cask DL 13169 and bottled at 51.6%. Only 199 bottles were released. Cameronbridge is a vast Lowland grain distillery in Fife, working since 1824. Its single grain has long been sold as Cameron Brig, and since 2014 as Haig Club.

It was worked through column stills from wheat, for the light, sweet grain spirit Cameronbridge is known for. It rested in ex-Bourbon oak, the wood adding coconut and vanilla. Around twenty five years the grain gains a fuller toffee and an oily weight. Years in cask build a waxy, polished depth over the clean grain spirit. Pot stills for malt whisky were removed in 1929, leaving Cameronbridge a pure grain plant. The site was expanded again in 2007 in a forty million pound investment. The Haig name has been tied to Scottish distilling since the 17th century. It was the home of continuous distillation in Scotland, making the country's first commercial grain whisky.

Undiluted at 51.6%, it is layered. The ex-Bourbon gives sweet vanilla and a buttery coconut. The texture is oily and buttery, the sweetness coating. A warming, sweet finish lingers. This is a Lowland single grain from Fife.