Oct 2026In short · Deanston (Highland), 8 years, Toasted Oak & Vanilla.
“The Panel were treated to a stroll through a dried summer garden, where scents of bayleaf, heather and vines met bourbon and the gentle suds of rosewater soap.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 79.19 is a single cask of Deanston, in the Highland region, 8 years old, bottled at 62.5%, released in the Oct 2026 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 79.x is from Deanston.
Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.
On the River Teith, eight miles from Stirling, Deanston was a cotton mill built in 1785 to a design by Richard Arkwright, and only became a distillery in 1966. The river that once turned Europe's largest water wheel now drives a hydro plant that makes it self-sufficient in power, and the spirit matures in the vaulted, soil-roofed weaving shed of 1834. Light, honeyed and gently waxy. Distell's, now Heineken's.