PBMichiganWolverine
Cambus 1991 25 Year (Whiskybroker)
Single Grain — Lowlands, Scotland
Reviewed
July 20, 2019 (edited November 8, 2020)
Thanks to @Generously_Paul for providing a pour, I got to taste this single grain from a closed distillery. It’s really not often that one gets to sample whisky from closed and ghosted distilleries, so I’m that much more thankful.
In my opinion, single grain whiskies are usually rough and brazen under 25-30yrs, unless they’re blended ( like Compass Box) or finished. This one here plays to that general hypothesis. Nose is definitely sherried. Some dried fruits and hazelnuts. Taste is thinner than a single malt, naturally. Lighter mouthfeel, but that’s actually a positive in this summer scorching 100 degree heat outside. Typical sherry dark fruits, marzipan. A bit of a light heat in the finish.
One of the better sub-30yr old grains I’ve had. And from a ghosted distillery makes it that much more unique. Thanks Paul for the pour !
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@ContemplativeFox but on the other hand, if you can find a good one, it’s really such a discount relative to its equivalent age in the malt
Honestly, I struggle with grains too @PBMichiganWolverine and I've heard similar sentiment from many people. Even Compass Box is using some very old grains from what I understand. It just blows my mind though that grains need to be aged so long though.
@ContemplativeFox maybe it’s just me, but I found single grains just too harsh, unless it’s much older (> 30), or really well blended like what compass box does
I've definitely been surprised by how old a single grain can be, even with a sherry cask, and still taste young @PBMichiganWolverine If' a 3.75 is one of the better sub-30 YO ones you've tasted, I'm not holding out much hope for grains in general.
@Soba45 unfinished or <30yr grain...just too rough I think
Yeah I had a 24 from That Boutique-y whiskey who are usually pretty good and it was Bad with a capital B...tipped it out in the end.