Cambus 32 Year Old 1990 SMWS Single Cask G8.25 Cosy Up Coorie Doon Snuggleicious (2023) 3cl Sample

Cambus 32 Year Old 1990 SMWS Single Cask G8.25 Cosy Up Coorie Doon Snuggleicious (2023) 3cl Sample

A rare bottle of older grain whisky at a very meaty ABV of 56.3%.
Grain whiskies are sweeter and have an addictive taste profile the older they become. Very under rated compared to a barley made whisky.

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) was founded in 1983 by a group of friends lead by tax accountant Phillip ‘Pip’ Hills as a private members club. The concept behind the society was to source casks from all over Scotland which would then be bottled and made available exclusively to its members. Perhaps the most famous feature of these bottles are the unique codes. Each distillery is represented by a different number and the following digits indicate that particular release. That same year, the SMWS set up its first location in Leith’s Vault buildings in Edinburgh where it still stands today.

This whisky was distilled on 18th June 1990 and aged in a first-fill ex-Bourbon cask for 32 years.

Cambus distillery was built in 1806 by John Moubray, on the site of an old mill in Alloa, and initially distilled whisky from malted barley. Production swapped to grain thirty years later, which was fully modernised in 1851 by the installation of a coffey still. Cambus became a founding member of DCL in 1877, who bottled its single grain for the first time in 1906 during a battle with malt distillers over the use of the term "whisky." Occasional runs of distillery bottlings continued to appear during the 20th century, but the distillery was sadly closed down in 1993 during a mass reorganising of their portfolio by its owners, United Distillers. The site now houses a Diageo cooperage, opened in 2011

56.3% ABV

3cl / 30ml