Cambus Batch 13 (TBWC)

That Boutique-y Whisky Company bottled this Cambus single grain, a 30 year old single grain and bottled at 50.8%. The outturn was 358 bottles. Cambus, one of Scotland's oldest grain distilleries, ran near Alloa from about 1806 until its closure in 1993. John Moubray converted an old mill, switching from malt to grain stills in the 1830s.

It was drawn from Coffey stills on Lossburn Reservoir water, for a delicate spirit that leans on the cask with age. An ex-Bourbon barrel shaped it, American oak giving coconut and toffee. Long ageing brings a deep coconut, toffee and a mellow, polished oak. The high strength spirit mellows slowly into a soft, sweet old grain. Closed in 1993, the site is now a Diageo cooperage beside the Blackgrange warehouses. 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.

Undiluted at 50.8%, it is layered. The ex-Bourbon gives coconut, vanilla and toffee. The texture is oily and buttery, the sweetness coating. Toffee and vanilla see out a long finish. This is a finite single grain from Cambus, closed in 1993.