Sold outAug 2023In short · Deanston (Highland), 11 years.
“The fresh scents of pine needles combined with dry straw as we tucked into our picnic of marmalade sandwiches, wild strawberries and creamy crème brulee.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 79.9 is a single cask of Deanston, in the Highland region, 11 years old, bottled at 59.8%, released in the Aug 2023 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.