Reviews for Deanston 18 Year Old
I can very warmly recommend this single malt whisky.
Creamy vanilla, sweet apples, treacle, very complex oak structure.
Really very wonderful aromas, similar to well aged Calvados.
- Max Clanton, Belguim.
Max Clanton Oct 24, 2021
Excellent
An absolute citrus bomb! Orange and Apricot dominate. Bottled with integrity at 46.3%, natural colour and without chill filtration. A highly accomplished malt from a distillery rapidly growing in stature.
Master of Malt Customer Aug 20, 2021
The DEANSTON 1''8yo, 46,3%abv, natural color, non-chill filtered:
AGE comes through well. OLD dusty wood, dry bark, oak nuts, chestnuts. Fresh red and yellow APPLES, juicy, clean, like in a young GLENGOYNE.
Nectarines, dried pineapple. Raspberries. Tropical - mango, papaya. Coconut water. Slight banana note. Freshly pressed orange juice, blood oranges, orange peels, sweet tangerines. Lime juice and lime peels.
Wild strawberries. Candied morello cherries. Black currants. Brambles (Blackberries).
Soft marzipan in the back of it.
Vanilla pod. With aeration, STAR ANISE.
Very soft refreshing minerality. Earthy.
Palate is sweet, fruity, and with a mild mature bitterness. Cardamon. Cinnamon. Slightly drying.
Cocoa powder as it goes down.
Fruitier than the 1''2, softer, and somewhat drier. Sweet, but does not have the caramel you find on the 1''2 ( vanilla, however, definitely ). The 1''8 furthermore lacks the certain barnyard funk I get in the 1''2.
Short finish - Otherwise, this is ~
~ Very solid.
Master of Malt Customer Mar 13, 2021
Here we have it, one of the best value 18yos on the market
Rich sappy goodness from the oak, augmenting Deanston's usual sweet and balanced malt. I agree with a previous reviewer that it is refreshing that this release is unaugmented by sherry casks or wine finishes, as the industry has come to rely on to sell older malts and all it often serves to do is homogenise and dumb down the end result. This is a belter of a dram and enjoyable in the same way as higher vintage Linkwoods, but with a rather more consistent cask policy to my tastes.
Master of Malt Customer Feb 18, 2021
A lovely enjoyable dram
Really enjoy this....... superb
Master of Malt Customer Jan 10, 2021
Trade
Winner of 4 awards
