Deanston Virgin Oak

Deanston Virgin Oak

The reviewed bottle is owned by @Maddie, is 95% full, and has been open for 3 years-- yeah, my sister has a lot of bottles of whisky open in her house. Deanston Virgin Oak has no age statement and is not chill-filtered. I have sampled this whisky previously on several other occasions over several years as well at the current time Nose: medium and...

Score 85/100

Deanston Virgin Oak

One of the least expensive malts at the LCBO, Deanston is one of those rare cases where we aren't being charged twice what people are paying in the US for a whisky. The information on the label is encouraging: un-chillfiltered, containing only water, barley, and yeast. (Nice to see an ingredients list on the bottle. Shouldn't this be mandatory?)...

Score 76/100

Deanston Virgin Oak

Meandering thru the plethora of budget whiskies, I run in to this. I looked at the label: no color added, non- chilled filtered, 46.3% abv for $25.99... Ok, "you got my attention." There are not too many reviews out there for this SM. So, I took a leap of faith and purchased it at my local TotalWine. This is a simple whisky. However, its...

Score 88/100

Deanston Virgin Oak

As mentioned in part I, all these whiskys were evaluated blind during my last club meeting. This is from a recent batch with the new livery and bottle shape. Deanston has been receiving a lot more attention of late. I believe that much like Bunnahabhain a few years ago owners Burns Stewart injected a good amount of capital in their operations. In...

Score 83/100