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.
Fields of barley on a hot, sunny day with a hint of farmer's dust to the nose. Freshly cut, bitter oak with some sweet vanilla to the palate. The finish starts off slow and soft and then hits me with a quick but enjoyable, tingling zing
Very nice, fruity, sweet and mildly spicy 12 year old. Good quality for the very reasonable price. Quite complex. I prefer not to add water, but that's personal taste.
I can get this for 50 bucks tax and all. May be the best all around 12 year old I have tried.
Isn't it odd the amount of comments saying that they don't know what type cask this is and one even saying he thinks it's matured in Ex-Sherry. In fact this is an absolute classic Ex-Bourbon cask matured single malt. Anyone who has ever experienced Kentucky Bourbon matured in charred American White oak barrels would not fail to recognise the previous contents of the cask type which this Scotch was matured in. Being that it is natural colour and a light golden straw hue, is another dead give away.
One of THE best 12 y.o core expressions out there. This new version with the white label is apparently much better than the old brown one.
