Carsebridge (silent) Living Souls Single Grain Scotch Whisky 50 Year Old – Scotch Whisky News
Carsebridge (silent)Living Souls Single Grain Scotch Whisky50 Year Old
70cl · 40.3% ABV
This magnificent bottling offers a rare opportunity to experience a 50yo whisky from another one of Scotland’s now silent distilleries – Carsebridge. This release is perfect for marking life’s rarest occasions.
Nose This delicate yet complex release opens on the nose with orange blossom, lemon sherbet and butter shortbread.
Palate On the palate, mandarin, vanilla fudge and cardamom buns unfold, lifted by a touch of coconut.
(KARS-bridge) Carsebridge was founded near Alloa in 1799 by John Bald and began life as a malt distillery before John Bald II converted it into a grain distillery in 1852. From there it grew into one of the major Lowland grain sites of the 19th century, became one of the founding members of Distillers Company Ltd in 1877, and by the time it passed into Scottish Grain Distillers in 1966 it was one of the biggest grain distilleries in Scotland.
Most of Carsebridge’s whisky disappeared into blends rather than official bottlings, which is a large part of why surviving independent releases are so interesting now. The distillery closed in 1983 during industry consolidation, most of the site was demolished in the 1990s, and remaining stocks have become increasingly scarce, giving Carsebridge a lasting place among the more important lost names in Scotch grain whisky.
