Cambus 15 Years Old

This Cambus single grain, a 15 year old and bottled at 63.6%. Cambus was a Lowland grain distillery on the River Devon in Clackmannanshire, founded around 1806 and closed in 1993. It was one of the five grain distilleries that founded the Distillers Company Limited in 1877.

The spirit was run off the distillery's continuous column stills, to build a soft, sweet grain character. It was matured in refill ex-Bourbon oak, lending coconut and vanilla. Even at this age the grain is deep, coconut, vanilla and toffee over a soft oil. Continuous distillation gives a light, clean spirit, so decades in oak drive much of the flavour. Cambus was founded around 1806 by John Moubray on the River Devon in Clackmannanshire, one of Scotland's oldest grain distilleries. It was one of the five grain distilleries that founded the Distillers Company Limited in 1877. In 1906 its grain was advertised as not a headache in a gallon, helping win the What is Whisky case.

At a natural 63.6% it is full and oily. The ex-Bourbon gives toffee, vanilla and a soft oil. Beneath it run coconut, vanilla and a soft oil. It closes long, sweet and oily. This is a single grain from the lost Cambus distillery.