Deanston Mill 5 Year Old Bottled 1980s

Deanston That Boutique-y Whisky Company Batch 1

Day 2 brings us to the Highland distiller Deanston. It was founded in 1785 as a cotton mill, by one of the pioneers of the Industrial Revolution, Richard Arkwright. Not until 1965 was it converted into a distillery, and its first single malt ("Old Bannockburn") was released in 1971. After being mothballed through most of the '80s, it is...

Score 95/100

Deanston 12 Year Old 1998 Exclusive Malts CWC

David Stirk, the man behind the Creative Whisky Company, selected this sherry cask of Deanston and bottled it last year at a strength of 55,6% ABV in his Exclusive Malts range (the EM range consists of single casks at cask strength, varying in age from 8 to 40 years). This one is 12 years old and got a nice amber color. Do not look for a...

Score 87/100

Deanston 10 Year Old Amontillado cask

This sample was kindly donated by @Timp. Deanston are going about their business quite nicely and I was impressed with their OB 12 and, while not quite as good as the former, the 18 was also very nice. This was given some time in an amontillado sherry cask so it will be interesting to see what that has done to the malty core. Can be drunk neat...

Score 90/100

Deanston 9 Year Old 2009 Old Train Line

Old Train Line is a series of independent bottlings by Jack Wiebers, a German bottler. In a previous life, Jack Wieber was an agent for Michael Jackson, the pop star. I find the labels of this series really worthwhile. But, of course, it is about the content, in this case a young Deanston that matured on a bourbon barrel for 9 years. The nose...

Score 83/100