Deanston Kentucky Cask Matured

700ml / 40%

Single Malt

$38

An official Deanston, at 40%. An easy, honeyed fruit over a soft, waxy body. Deanston is a Highland malt made in a converted cotton mill on the River Teith. Bottled unchillfiltered and at natural colour, it keeps a full waxy body. It runs an open top mash tun and long ferments for a fruity make. This is the cotton mill malt of the River Teith.

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SKU DEA039 Categories Deanston, Highlands, Scottish Whisky, Whiskey Brand: Deanston

Description

An official release of Deanston, at 40%. Deanston is a soft, malty Highland single malt from the old Adelphi cotton mill at Doune. Its old weaving shed, once full of looms, is now a cool stone warehouse for the casks.

Distilled from unpeated Scottish barley in bulbous copper stills, for a soft, waxy make of green apple and honey. First fill bourbon gave a fuller vanilla and a touch of coconut from the lactones. No age is given, but vanillin vanilla and a soft honey are well integrated over a waxy body. A gentle maturation suits the soft make, the honey and wax growing richer with time. The spirit is condensed in shell and tube condensers for a clean, fruity make. The cool, even temperature of the old weaving shed gives a slow, steady maturation. The mill ran for 180 years before cotton declined and the site became a distillery. It runs an open top mash tun, two wash and two spirit stills of a bulbous shape.

Reduced to 40%, it is mellow. Honey, malt and a gentle clove, with a soft vanilla from the oak. A baked apple and a gentle clove lift it. It finishes long, waxy and warming. This is a fruity, unchillfiltered Highland single malt.