Deanston Virgin Oak Whisky

Reminiscent of Mackmyra’s first Swedish oak releases, and believe me, that is high compliment.

Love this one . Can't believe , like nosing a Wild Turkey 101 . Lots of bourbon notes on the palate and the prickly sensation on the tongue due to the virgin cask finish in 2nd maturation with a long finish.

Excellent, totally enjoyable.

A smooth one - all sweet toffee and fruit with honey on the nose. Not especially complex, but a very pleasant drink.

The Deanston VO is bottled at 46.3% uncolored and non chill filtered. Decent traditional vanilla bourbon style NAS whiskey. A little rough around the edges due to its short maturation and highland malt spirit.

Deanston is a fairly modern distillery with a traditional craftsmanship style. Their Deanston VO is bottled at 46.3% and non-chill filtered, they didn't skimp on the presentation of the substance.

This whisky is finished on virgin oak casks that are normally used to age bourbon. It gives the whisky a decent new wood influence and a little more depth of flavor and smoothens out the rougher highland character a bit. The Deanston malt distillate is fairly rough as one would expect from a highlander and not as refined as speysides.

Overall if you are into bourbon and bourbon cask matured whisky and can get this for around 25-30 it is a good bang for buck no age statement whisky, that is better then a lot of entry age statements and whiskies that cost twice as much.

Two to three stars on the MoM ratings scale and four stars for price performance. Wild Turkey 101 equivalent of single malt.

Everything the notes said & more

fabulous nas in new oak. very good for money. easy enough sipper but there are a few nice things hidden if you add a drop or 2 of o2

I often give this as a gift to beginners or whisky drinkers who don't think they like Scotch whisky. Very smooth, a little sweet and citrusy. Doesn't scare anyone. Good bang for the buck.

I keep coming back to this whisky because it is so clean tasting but full of flavour despite being aged in virgin oak and at a reasonable price.
I enjoy most malts and will continue to browse but this whisky and its organic relation (not cheap!) are too good to ignore.
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