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A 45 year old Carsebridge single grain from the Thompson Brothers of Dornoch, 1973, at 53.5%. Coconut, vanilla and a polished oak fill the glass, with dried fruit, fig and walnut from the cask. Most of its make went into blends; single grain is rare. One of Scotland’s lost grain distilleries, silent since 1983. This is a rare single grain from a distillery now gone.
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A Carsebridge single grain of a 45 year old chosen by the Thompson Brothers of Dornoch, distilled in 1973, bottled at 53.5%, one of 349 bottles. Carsebridge, a lost grain distillery in Clackmannanshire, fell silent in 1983. It was one of the grain distilleries that founded the Distillers Company in 1877.
It was made in Coffey stills before the distillery closed, for a light, sweet make of real purity. Ex-Sherry wood added a dried fruit richness to the sweet, aged grain. At this great, fragile age the grain is rich and waxy, sotolon lending a maple depth over deep coconut and old oak. With the distillery gone, the casks that remain are a finite record of its make. Most of its make went into blends; single grain Carsebridge appears only from independent bottlers. Diageo released an official Carsebridge as a 48 year old in the 2018 Special Releases. No more will ever be made, the distillery silent since 1983.
At a hearty 53.5% it carries real weight. The sherry lends dried fruit, fig and walnut, over coconut from oak lactones and a vanillin sweetness. It is clean and sweet, the old grain shining through. It closes long, sweet and oily. This is the deep, sweet old grain of Carsebridge.
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