Deanston 12 Year Old typifies the citrusy, malty, honeyed, and waxy house style the distillery creates through its unique production process. The multi-award-winning single malt Scotch whisky is made from unpeated barley, sourced from the Scottish Highlands, and is bottled without chill-filtration or additional colour.
“It’s like a lawnmower has exploded in your mouth - it’s freshly cut grass, it’s sweet green fruits, it’s summer in a glass,” says master blender Julieann Fernandez.
Honeycomb, barley sugar, cut grass, and a touch of lemon oil.
Creamy vanilla, malt biscuits, and toasted oak with hints of nutmeg.
Lingering sweet citrus and spice.
Its tastes amazing, its over 46% its non chilfilterd and its free of caramel colour. Plus its cheaper than many crap blends, a must buy.
Honey, vanilla, cereal, toffee. Water and time balance things very nicely. A delicious dram - easy-going but interesting.
My first impression on the nose was blackcurrant. Jeez, I sound like a spoff! I got a bit of Laphroaig-ian phenol too. The taste is a curiously sweet one, maybe tablet?
I spent 2-3 hours reading and watching reviews of this one, bought it recently and was disappointed, I was looking forward to this one because it's said to be one of the best 12 yr out there, it is ralfy's whisky of the year (2020) and he gave it 89 points in his review. But well, my bottle wasn't near any heat source in the store, but the batch could have been flawed though, It's not likely though. I didn't find the whisky to be smooth, rich or even sweet. I wanted to give this 4-5 stars as I expected but something went wrong. It wasn't like "bad, bad" but it wasn't either like all the reviewers said. Or maybe it was just too harsh for me..
This new incarnation of Deanston 12 is lovely. Kudos to Deanston for upping the ABV and dropping filtration. This is a nice old-school, full and satisfying whiskey. It's pretty obvious why Ralfy made this his whiskey of the year. It's a very fine dram at an affordable price.
