Cambus 31 Years Old ElD Macbeth Act One The Ghosts (Elixir)

Elixir Distillers selected this Cambus matured to 31 year old and bottled at 46.2%. A release of 650 bottles. Cambus was a founding distillery of DCL, making grain whisky in Clackmannanshire until it closed in 1993. In 1906 its grain was advertised on the front of the Daily Mail as not a headache in a gallon, during the What is Whisky debate.

The spirit was made in twin Coffey stills before the distillery closed, for a light, sweet make of real purity. A refill American oak cask held it, building the sweet, oily grain character. Beyond twenty five years the grain grows deep and oily, coconut, butterscotch and crème brûlée over polished oak. Patient ageing gives the oily, waxy texture prized in old single grain. The spirit was drawn off two continuous Coffey stills, the water from the Lossburn Reservoir. Single grain Cambus is rare, mostly from independent bottlers and the odd Diageo Special Release.

Reduced to 46.2%, it is mellow. The ex-Bourbon gives vanilla, cream and a dessert sweetness. The texture is oily and buttery, the sweetness coating. Toffee and vanilla see out a long finish. This is the sweet, oily grain of a vanished DCL distillery.