{"product_id":"deanston-12-year-old-2012-moscatel-port-pipe-finished-single-cask-highland-single-malt-scotch-whisky-2025-70cl","title":"Deanston 12 Year Old 2012 Cut Your Wolf Loose Moscatel Port Pipe Finished Single Cask Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2025) 70cl","description":"\u003ch2\u003eDeanston 12 Year Old 2012 Cut Your Wolf Loose Moscatel Port Pipe Finished Single Cask Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2025) 70cl\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the Oct 2025 release of Cut Your Wolf Loose's Deanston bottling albeit bottled in Nov 2024. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThey don’t tend to chase the usual suspects and this Deanston fits the brief perfectly. Distilled in 2012, left to do its thing in a full-size Moscatel pipe and bottled after 12 years at a hearty 55.8%. Not the kind of cask you trip over every day and certainly not from this self-sustaining distillery. 550 bottles and one hell of a nice price to boot. One of those releases that makes you wonder why more folk aren’t doing it this way.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTASTING NOTES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNose\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLike someone’s just pulled a birthday cake out of the oven and wafted it under your nose for attention. Bright, bready\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and a bit smug. A flicker of ginger heat and a squeeze of orange peel keep things lively.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePalate\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWarming and cosy, like finding a hot cross bun in your coat pocket. Baking spices, candied ginger\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and a honeyed waxiness that clings on like it’s got nowhere better to be. The Moscatel’s there, but it’s playing hard to get.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinish\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Medium to long, swinging between sweet oak and a polite kick of pepper. Tidy and to the point - doesn’t drag its feet, but makes its mark.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout Deanston\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEven though it was built in the late 1960s, Deanston has retained some old-style features in kit and distilling regime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIts mash tun is open-topped for example, while the way it is run – low gravity worts, long fermentation, slow distillation – helps to produce a new make style which is in the waxy quadrant. This represents a switch back to the original style. In the Invergordon era, Deanston had conformed to a modern style of production, making a light dry ‘nutty-spicy’ make.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday organic barley is also run through the stills and, in common with all of Burn Stewart’s single malts, it is bottled without chill-filtering or caramel tinting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are many distilleries in Scotland which started life as mills, but none of them had quite the scale of Deanston. This huge plant was constructed on the banks of the fast-flowing River Teith in 1785 by Richard Arkwright who used it as one of the sites for the development of the Spinning Jenny. It also had what was claimed to be the largest water wheel in Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWeaving continued here until 1964 when the buildings were bought by Brodie Hepburn [see Tullibardine, Macduff]. Production started in 1969, but its original owners only had it for three years before the company was bought by private label specialist Invergordon. It ran for a decade before the ‘80s whisky slump forced its owner to shut it down. Eight years later, it was bought for £2.1m by Burn Stewart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt can claim to be one of the greenest distilleries in Scotland. All of its power is generated by a turbine house which processes 20 million litres of water an hour. The excess electricity is then sold to the National Grid.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough single malt bottlings started relatively early – in 1974 – it is only recently that Deanston has been elevated to a front-line single malt brand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e55.8% ABV\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e70cl\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Deanston","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56084184432965,"sku":"CYWLDEAN12SC2012","price":55.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/9495\/8661\/files\/Deanston12YearOld2012MoscatelPortPipeFinishedSingleCaskHighlandSingleMaltScotchWhisky_2025_70cl.jpg?v=1761667872","url":"https:\/\/b1yyjg-bk.myshopify.com\/products\/deanston-12-year-old-2012-moscatel-port-pipe-finished-single-cask-highland-single-malt-scotch-whisky-2025-70cl","provider":"Whisky Situation Old","version":"1.0","type":"link"}