Cambus 30 Years Old 1991 Cask #DL 15454 (XOP)

Bottled by Douglas Laing, this Cambus, aged 30 year old distilled in 1991, from cask DL 15454 and bottled at 59.5%. Only 278 bottles were released. Founded around 1806 by John Moubray, Cambus was a Lowland grain distillery that fell silent in 1993. Closed in 1993, the site is now a Diageo cooperage beside the Blackgrange warehouses.

Distilled in continuous stills for a light, sweet grain spirit, building the gentle Cambus grain style. A refill American oak cask held it, building the sweet, oily grain character. At this age it is rich and waxy, the sweet grain folded into a buttery, oily body. The slow loss of the angel's share concentrates the sweet, oily core over decades. With no new spirit since 1993, every bottle draws on a finite, dwindling stock. Cambus was founded around 1806 by John Moubray on the River Devon in Clackmannanshire, one of Scotland's oldest grain distilleries.

At cask strength 59.5% it is full bodied. The ex-Bourbon gives sweet vanilla and a buttery coconut. It is clean and sweet, the grain spirit shining through. It finishes clean, sweet and buttery. This is an old single grain from a closed Lowland distillery.