Cameronbridge 29 Years Old 1989 (Small Batch)

A Cameronbridge single grain, selected and bottled by Cadenhead's matured to 29 year old distilled in 1989 and bottled at 57.8%. Just 432 bottles were filled. Cameronbridge was founded in 1824 by John Haig, of the great Haig distilling family, in Fife. John Haig's cousin Robert Stein invented the continuous still, and Cameronbridge was among the first to run one.

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. Around twenty five years the grain gains a fuller toffee and an oily weight. Light grain takes oak readily, the ex-Bourbon lending coconut and vanilla. Its single grain has long been sold as Cameron Brig, and since 2014 as Haig Club. Water comes from Loch Leven, the mash from wheat, the spirit off three column stills. It is among the largest distilleries in Europe, making well over a hundred million litres a year.

At its natural 57.8% it is concentrated. The ex-Bourbon gives sweet vanilla and a buttery coconut. It is soft and deep, the grain and oak well matched. A long, oily finish carries a coconut lift. This is a soft, oily single grain from Cameronbridge.