It was a full year ago that I picked up this Whisky Warehouse No 8 Regions set. My virtual tasting companies from London and Paris suggested we start with the Highland Deanston – which turned out to be a capital idea!

So what did we think?

Deanston 10 year (Sep 2009 – Oct 2019) WW8 108 Bourbon Barrel 57.3%

• Nose – Mmmmm…. apple pastry – like a sweet cinnamon baked apple crisp topped with brown sugar and oats, mellowed into apple sauce then shifted into something a bit more tart – reminded us more of crabapple or guava….
• Palate – Equally yummy! More of that delicoius pastry, some toffee, super smooth with lovely body and depth, nice spice
• Finish – Quite a decent finish – lingers with a bit of that light spice
• Water – Didn’t even occur to us – surprising given this was our 1st dram of the evening at 57.3%!

What we concluded is that was a perfect start to our evening of tasting. We couldn’t imagine this was cask strength! Smooth and sweet, this whisky was an absolute delight. 

I couldn’t find any official tasting notes for this one.. however, it looks like it is still available – remarkable!

What more did we have in our WW8 Regions set:

• Lowland – Port Dundas 10 year (26 Oct 2009 – 31 Oct 2019) WW8 9694 Refill Sherry 47.9%
• Speyside – Miltonduff 11 years (8 Feb 1995 – 30 Oct 2015) Bourbon Hogshead 59.5% / Miltonduff 14 years (June 2007 – July 2021) WW8 6404 1st fill PX Sherry 50.4%
• Islay – Braon Peat Batch 7 (15 April 2019) 57.5% or Highland – Inchfad 14 year (Feb 2005 / Apr 2019) WW8 438 Bourbon Cask 55.5%

What about prior explorations from Whisky Warehouse No. 8?

• Auchentoshan 18 year (12/1998 – 02/2017) 48.3%
• Benrinnes 19 year (10/1997 – 10/2016) 52.9%
• Dailuaine 12 year (11/2007 – 01/2020) 61.5%
• Glencadam 8 year  (02/2011 – 06/2019) 61%
• Linkwood 11 year (06/2007 – 01/2019)  58.2%