Cameronbridge 17 Years Old 2006 Cask #372956 (BB&R)

This Cameronbridge was from the independent bottler Berry Bros & Rudd, aged 17 year old distilled in 2006, from cask 372956 and bottled at 59.8%. 286 bottles in all. Cameronbridge, in the Kingdom of Fife, is Diageo's largest distillery and the home of Scotch grain whisky. It was the home of continuous distillation in Scotland; John Haig installed Stein then Coffey stills and made the country's first commercial grain whisky.

Distilled in column stills for a clean, sweet grain, building the light Cameronbridge grain style. An ex-Bourbon barrel shaped it, American oak giving coconut and toffee. Younger here, it keeps a clean, fresh grain character over light vanilla. Maturation in American oak suits the light, sweet grain particularly well. Pot stills for malt whisky were removed in 1929, leaving Cameronbridge a pure grain plant. The site was expanded again in 2007 in a forty million pound investment.

Undiluted at 59.8%, it is layered. The ex-Bourbon gives toffee, vanilla and a soft oil. Beneath it run coconut, vanilla and a soft oil. Crème brûlée and oak draw out the close. This is a single grain from Scotland's largest grain distillery.