Deanston Mill Bottled 1970s

Deanston 12 Year Old Unchillfiltered

Since Burn Stewart Distillers took over the brand Deanston in 2009 – together with Tobermory, Ledaig and Bunnahabhain – it is bottled at 46,3% ABV and not chill filtered. The new (well) version of Deanston 12 Year Old hence proudly sports the term Un-Chill Filtered on the label. The nose is sweet and shows both bourbon and sherry cask traits, so I...

Score 83/100

Deanston 12 Year Old

This review is from a sample kindly provided by @RianC thanks mate :thumbsup: This is only my second Deanston. I had a bottle of the 18 which I enjoyed. The colour on this is fantastic for a naturally coloured whisky. A really bright yellow gold. I wonder if they've done something interesting with their Barley choices? Nose Fruity. Lemons and a...

Score 89/100

Deanston 12 Year Old

Deanston is very much an unrecognised and understated malt. It's an honest and somewhat simple malt with craft presentation. Nothing wrong with it. * Nose: vanilla, cherry wood, malt, banana, lemon, little note of grain whisky (or something like it), light oak, white pepper and some candied floral notes. With water very similar to the neat version...

Score 83/100

Deanston 22 Year Old 1996 The Golden Cask Reserve

A few years ago House of Macduff, Scottish indie, bottled this 22 years old Deanston in their well-known series The Gold Cask, which is reserved for single cask releases at cask strength. Well, that nose is something else. Not very fruity – and the fruit that I do get has started to rot, which is not an off-note – but mostly notes of pastry and...

Score 88/100