Cambus 33 Years Old 1988 Cask #59256 & 59258 (The Whisky Cellar)

This is a Cambus single grain, chosen and bottled by The Whisky Cellar, aged 33 year old distilled in 1988, from cask 59256 & 59258 and bottled at 42.5%. Just 498 bottles were filled. A lost Lowland grain distillery near Alloa, Cambus distilled from around 1806 until 1993. Cambus was once one of the largest grain distilleries in Scotland.

It was worked through continuous column stills from grain, for the light, sweet grain spirit Cambus was known for. It rested in ex-Bourbon oak for decades, the wood adding coconut and vanilla. At this age it is rich and waxy, the sweet grain folded into a buttery, oily body. Decades in cask build a waxy, polished depth over the clean grain spirit. 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 an easy 42.5% it is gentle. The ex-Bourbon gives sweet vanilla and a buttery coconut. A crème brûlée and a polished oak give it depth. Toffee and vanilla see out a long finish. This is the deep, sweet grain of old Cambus.