Cameronbridge 20 Years Old 2003 Cask #UC023 (Uncharted Whisky Co.)

From Uncharted Whisky Co comes this Cameronbridge, a 20 year old single grain distilled in 2003, from cask UC023 and bottled at 62.1%. The outturn was 247 bottles. Cameronbridge was founded in 1824 by John Haig, of the great Haig distilling family, in Fife. A founding member of the Distillers Company in 1877, it is now Diageo's largest distillery.

The spirit was made in continuous stills from wheat for a light spirit, for a light, sweet make of real purity. An ex-Bourbon barrel shaped it, American oak giving coconut and toffee. Past two decades the grain deepens into coconut, toffee and crème brûlée. Patient ageing gives the oily, waxy texture prized in old single grain. Light grain spirit like this gains coconut and toffee from decades in active oak. 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.

At cask strength 62.1% it is full bodied. The ex-Bourbon gives butterscotch, coconut and cream. The mouthfeel is oily, the coconut carried on a sweet body. A warming, sweet finish lingers. This is Cameronbridge's light, sweet single grain.