Cambus 32 Years Old 1991 (Hart Brothers)

This is a Cambus single grain, chosen and bottled by Hart Brothers, aged 32 year old distilled in 1991 and bottled at 54.3%. The outturn was 245 bottles. Cambus was a Lowland grain distillery on the River Devon in Clackmannanshire, founded around 1806 and closed in 1993. Cambus was once one of the largest grain distilleries in Scotland.

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. Past twenty five years the spirit turns oily and dessert sweet while staying clean. Continuous distillation gives a light, clean spirit, so decades in oak drive much of the flavour. 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. It was one of the five grain distilleries that founded the Distillers Company Limited in 1877.

At a full 54.3% it is intense yet sweet. The ex-Bourbon gives sweet vanilla and a buttery coconut. Soft toffee and vanilla sit behind the sweetness. It finishes clean, sweet and buttery. This is the deep, sweet grain of old Cambus.