Deanston 1992 10 Year Old Signatory

Deanston 12 Year Old

Since 2009, Deanston is no longer chill filtered and bottled at a strength of 46,3% ABV. This was not always the case. Today, I will be trying two older versions of the Deanston 12 Year Old. One from 1990, the other from 2007, both bottled at 40% ABV. To allow easy reading, I will refer to them as D1 (the ‘old’ bottle) and D2 (the 2007 version)....

Score 76/100

Deanston 12 Year Old

What's not to like? I can't remember what this cost me, but it was bought locally which means not much. A very kind nose that hints at the sweetness to come beneath a covering layer of cereal, long dry grass, coconut. The tiny, sharp whisky sting lies just behind an opening sip that is chewy and sweet without being cloying. That hit keeps it from...

Score 84/100

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

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