Deanston Mill 8 Year Old Bottled 1980s

Deanston 19 Year Old Single Cask (Master of Malt)

Here we have another Deanston - a second one in the Whisky Advent Calendar (and both are Master of Malt bottlings). This single cask malt was distilled on December 16 1992 (too bad we didn't taste this two days ago!) and matured for 19 years in a single refill hogshead. 260 bottles were drawn from the cask on November 20 2012. Like all of MoM's...

Score 72/100

Deanston 12 Year Old 1998 Exclusive Malts CWC

David Stirk, the man behind the Creative Whisky Company, selected this sherry cask of Deanston and bottled it last year at a strength of 55,6% ABV in his Exclusive Malts range (the EM range consists of single casks at cask strength, varying in age from 8 to 40 years). This one is 12 years old and got a nice amber color. Do not look for a...

Score 87/100

Deanston 12 Year Old

The Deanston Cotton Mill opened its doors way back in 1785. By the mid-1960s the cotton industry in Scotland had declined and Deanston switched over to making whisky. From what I could find on the internet, the first whiskies produced there weren't great. The distillery went silent in 1982, like many other distilleries during the "great...

Score 89/100

Deanston 18 Year Old Batch 1

Deanston used to be a cotton factory until 1966. Until 1971 they put Old Bannockburn on their label. Only after the distillery was taken over by Invergordon, in 1972, did they change it to Deanston. In 1982 it was closed, but in 1990 Burn Stewart Distillers Ltd gave it a second lease on life. Only 15% of the production is meant for single malt,...

Score 83/100