About Cameronbridge
(CAM-er-on-bridge) Cameronbridge was founded in Fife in 1824 by John Haig and is widely regarded as the oldest surviving grain distillery in Scotland. Its place in whisky history is especially important because the Haig family embraced early continuous distillation there, helping establish the large-scale grain whisky production that would become central to modern Scotch blending. Cameronbridge later became one of the founding distilleries behind Distillers Company Limited in 1877, and today it sits within Diageo.
For most of its life, Cameronbridge has worked more behind the scenes than in the spotlight, producing grain whisky for blends rather than building a large official single grain range of its own. That is part of what makes older independent bottlings so interesting when they appear. The distillery’s story also includes a wartime closure from 1941 to 1947, and it remains one of the largest grain whisky sites in Scotland, with its spirit still running through major Scotch brands as well as releases such as Haig Club.