Cameronbridge 34 Years Old 1984 (Single Cask)

Cadenhead's selected this Cameronbridge, a 34 year old release distilled in 1984 and bottled at 52.8%. The outturn was 222 bottles. Set in Fife, Cameronbridge has made grain whisky since 1824, the oldest plant of its kind in Scotland. As well as grain whisky, it makes the neutral spirit for Gordon's and Tanqueray gin and Smirnoff vodka.

Distilled continuously in column stills from wheat, on Loch Leven water, giving a clean, mellow grain whisky. A refill American oak cask held it, building the sweet, oily grain character. Long ageing brings a deep coconut, toffee and a mellow, polished oak. Decades turn a light spirit into something rich, oily and tropical. It is among the largest distilleries in Europe, making well over a hundred million litres a year. John Haig's cousin Robert Stein invented the continuous still, and Cameronbridge was among the first to run one. The Haig distilling dynasty traces its roots in Scottish whisky back to the 1600s.

At a natural 52.8% it is full and oily. The ex-Bourbon gives a sweet, oily vanilla. A crème brûlée and a polished oak give it depth. The finish runs buttery, soft and warm. This is the clean, sweet grain of Cameronbridge.