Deanston 11 Years Old 2009 Cask #99 (Home of Malts)

This Deanston was bottled by the bottler Home of Malts, an 11 year old, distilled in 2009, from cask 99, bottled at 46%, one of 273 bottles. Deanston is a green, honeyed Highland malt from the Teith valley, the only Scottish distillery to make its own power. It uses 100% Scottish barley and bottles its malt unchillfiltered, with no added colour.

It was mashed in the open top tun and fermented long for a fruity make, giving the soft, malty Highland spirit. It rested in ex-Bourbon oak, oak lactones lending vanilla and a little coconut. Integration folds eugenol (clove) and vanillin (vanilla) into the malt, the body softer and waxier. The waxy texture is the Deanston signature, carried through the years in cask. A gentle maturation suits the soft make, the honey and wax growing richer with time. Deanston is the only distillery in Scotland to generate all its own power from the river.

At an approachable 46% it is soft and waxy. Green apple, honey and a waxy malt, with a soft vanilla from the oak. Beneath it run green apple, pear and a soft honey. It finishes long, waxy and warming. This is a fruity, unchillfiltered Highland single malt.