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FS
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 Posted: Sun May 24, 2020 11:22 pm Post subject: Deanston 18 |
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I'm wondering about this one, we don't have high selection of whiskies here but I wanted to go for Dalwhinnie 15, urgh.
Anyways, I read somewhere that Deanston 18 lacks depth, some say that 12 is better and so on. I don't wanna believe that they use bad casks so I'm a bit confused.
Can anybody confirm this?
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arqueturus
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| Posted: Sun May 24, 2020 11:58 pm Post subject: Re: Deanston 18 |
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| FS wrote: | I'm wondering about this one, we don't have high selection of whiskies here but I wanted to go for Dalwhinnie 15, urgh.
Anyways, I read somewhere that Deanston 18 lacks depth, some say that 12 is better and so on. I don't wanna believe that they use bad casks so I'm a bit confused.
Can anybody confirm this? |
No, the 18 is great and a very natural progression from the 12. Is it as good value as the 12? Perhaps not but its still excellent for the money. |
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Alexppp
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| Posted: Sun May 24, 2020 11:58 pm Post subject: |
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If you want to get Deanston 18 you can get it with confidence, it's a good whisky and there's nothing wrong with their cask selection. I drink it quite regularly here, and the same goes for the Deanston 12.
Is the 18 worth double the money of the 12? No, I don't think so. In fact I probably narrowly prefer the 12 - if I were scoring them I'd give it one more point over the 18 myself. But that's purely subjective. I can find the cask influence on the 18 a bit overbearing sometimes - certainly when I drink it neat it seems a bit one-dimensional, with a dominating bourbon sweetness above everything else. Water transforms it for the better, however.
It's a good whisky to experiment with, but not as immediately approachable as its younger sibling in my opinion, whose freshness I prefer. (but then again I have a soft spot in general for young-ish bourbon matured whiskies, Balblair is another example) |
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FS
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| Posted: Mon May 25, 2020 3:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Alexppp wrote: | If you want to get Deanston 18 you can get it with confidence, it's a good whisky and there's nothing wrong with their cask selection. I drink it quite regularly here, and the same goes for the Deanston 12.
Is the 18 worth double the money of the 12? No, I don't think so. In fact I probably narrowly prefer the 12 - if I were scoring them I'd give it one more point over the 18 myself. But that's purely subjective. I can find the cask influence on the 18 a bit overbearing sometimes - certainly when I drink it neat it seems a bit one-dimensional, with a dominating bourbon sweetness above everything else. Water transforms it for the better, however.
It's a good whisky to experiment with, but not as immediately approachable as its younger sibling in my opinion, whose freshness I prefer. (but then again I have a soft spot in general for young-ish bourbon matured whiskies, Balblair is another example) |
Thanks for the reply, but one thing I'm curious about is the flavour notes.. are they weak?
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| FS wrote: |
Thanks for the reply, but one thing I'm curious about is the flavour notes.. are they weak? |
I'm not 100% sure what you mean by weak, but no - there's no objective flaw in the Deanston 18 in my experience. Deanston is not an aggressive malt by nature but I wouldn't call the flavour weak. |
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FS
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| Posted: Mon May 25, 2020 10:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Alexppp wrote: | | FS wrote: |
Thanks for the reply, but one thing I'm curious about is the flavour notes.. are they weak? |
I'm not 100% sure what you mean by weak, but no - there's no objective flaw in the Deanston 18 in my experience. Deanston is not an aggressive malt by nature but I wouldn't call the flavour weak. |
What I meant is the contrast of the flavours, which is called richness right?
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| I would say Deanston is a light spirit, but as I said there's nothing wrong with the way the 18 year-old delivers its flavour. |
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| What one person thinks weak another person would not, what Alex is saying is you will not be disappointed if I’m reading it right. |
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| Posted: Tue May 26, 2020 8:33 pm Post subject: |
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Ok thanks boys
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| ralfy legend wrote: | | What one person thinks weak another person would not, what Alex is saying is you will not be disappointed if I’m reading it right. |
I mean, he might be disappointed if it's not what he's looking for.  I just wanted to clarify that there's nothing objectively wrong with the Deanston 18 as per the original question, and beyond that it comes down to personal taste, yes. |
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| Just bought a bottle of Deanston 18yo. Quite impressed with it. |
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