Cameronbridge 18 Years Old 2006 Cask #377397 (The Caskhound)

A Cameronbridge single grain, selected and bottled by The Caskhound, an 18 year old single grain distilled in 2006, from cask 377397 and bottled at 56.2%. Only 391 bottles were released. Set in Fife, Cameronbridge has made grain whisky since 1824, the oldest plant of its kind in Scotland. John Haig's cousin Robert Stein invented the continuous still, and Cameronbridge was among the first to run one.

Distilled continuously in column stills from wheat, on Loch Leven water, giving a clean, mellow grain whisky. Maturation in an unusual cask lent fruit to the grain. Younger here, it keeps a clean, fresh grain character over light vanilla. Decades turn a light spirit into something rich, oily and tropical. The site was expanded again in 2007 in a forty million pound investment. The Haig name has been tied to Scottish distilling since the 17th century. It was the home of continuous distillation in Scotland, making the country's first commercial grain whisky.

Undiluted at 56.2%, it is layered. The wine cask adds red berry and spice over the sweet grain. The texture is oily and buttery, the sweetness coating. The finish is deep, oily and creamy. This is a soft, oily single grain from Cameronbridge.