Deanston 12 Year Old Single Malt V Deanston Virgin Oak Blind Comparison Whisky Review

[@henrykDzieciontko]

I just got the virgin oak from a Glasgow supermarket for £27. love it .

[@TheGrailTastings]

Wow that's an awesome price!

[@henrykDzieciontko]

@@TheGrailTastings I bended it with tobermory 12 and they went together beautifully.

[@henrykDzieciontko]

@@TheGrailTastings also got jura 14 rye for £31from Morrisons reduced from £45 that's the 2nd time it's been reduced. Deanston Virgin oak is regularly reduced not dear anyway great value at the strength and my local sells it now .

[@TheGrailTastings]

OMG we need to try this thank you for suggesting!!@@henrykDzieciontko

[@henrykDzieciontko]

@@TheGrailTastings please do I'd love to hear opinion.😁👍

[@reneerikolsen9694]

You are back with two of my favorites from Deanston - thanks! Great video! And they are BOTH great! Rachel, you can't be right every time! ;-) Well done, Jen! :-)

[@alexcruz271]

Also did this blind, and I prefer VO over 12, and VO is half the price of 12 here. Cheers to your Dad!🙂

[@TheGrailTastings]

Amazing, glad you like it too 😋

[@russell3733]

As far as I remember, these 2 drams taste quite similar. For me, that means I'd get the guesswork wrong every time I tried them blind, side by side. I'm sure Rachel would have chosen differently a day later. But still, it was a lot of fun watching this because - as every whisky enthusiast knows - there's nothing like whisky when it comes to losing your trousers in a blind tasting. Can happen in the wink of an eye. So what I take away from this is that both drams are going to appeal to a broad range of whisky drinkers - with preferences varying from day to day. Many thanks to you both for posting this! Cheers.

[@TheGrailTastings]

Very well put! Thanks Russell.

[@bdwilcox]

I can tell you for a fact, I happen to know the forest those casks were harvested from and that oak lied when it claimed it was a virgin.

[@TheGrailTastings]

🤣

[@arielkotler]

Don't think that we want to know what you were doing which them trees 😅

[@ptb83]

That was really fun to watch. One more subscriber. Going to visit Deanston for a tour soon and maybe visit your shop in Callander too 😊👍🏼

[@TheGrailTastings]

Please do pop in to the shop if you are in the area!

[@WhiskyJason1]

that was fun!

[@luijdiaz]

Both are fantastic. But the Virgin OAK is my summer favorite, it's so versatile and flavour forward, and a great value.

[@TheGrailTastings]

Definitely a summer dram!

[@krisverding3908]

Well I got into whisky during lockdown time. My wife has nothing with whisky , it's fun to see women reviewing and tasting whisky :)

[@TheGrailTastings]

Thanks!

[@mrnosebear7406]

Hi Rachel, hi Jen, wonderful entertaining and funny tastings. Blind tastings are always hard. Next time you will get it right, Rachel. Deanston is a wonderful whisky. I like the 12 but I had not the chance to try the Virgin Oak. Cheers from Germany

[@TheGrailTastings]

Thanks! Hopefully you will get a change to compare both sometime!

[@murduk88]

Well done both of you 👏👏👏... nobody's ever wrong with blind tastings, everybody wins. 🙂 Thanks for your courage! Maybe try some different Tomatins next time?

[@TheGrailTastings]

We have a Tomatin video coming up actually but a comparison is a really good idea as they have so many different releases!

[@Robert.Sheard]

I've only been able to find the Virgin Oak where I am, but I'm traveling next week and I'll be able to find the 12 where I'm going. Looking forward to blind tasting them myself.

[@TheGrailTastings]

Let us know how you get on!!

[@gavsdrams]

Blind tasting is very difficult But great fun

[@TheGrailTastings]

One of our favourite things to do!

[@WhiskyNeighbour]

Guessing is fun, but not how I determine skill. Being open to saying you enjoy a bottle, even after you guess and the reveal is a surprise, that's character for me. Fun review and I enjoy both. But I buy twice as much Virgin Oak so .... I guess that is my preference.

[@TheGrailTastings]

Definitely! You like what you like!

[@carlossandiego7925]

Great idea and I admire anyone who will share a blind tasting video. Thanks for sharing. Now I have permission to be cheap and save $30. How about trying this with Bunna 12 vs Stiuireadir?

[@TheGrailTastings]

Ooh that's a really good idea! Especially as Bunna was the first whisky Rachel enjoyed!

[@canalwhiskywhiskey]

i like both

[@TheGrailTastings]

Great!

[@sachinkainth9508]

Lovely video. How about an experiment between a supermarket peated whiskey and a Lagavulin?

[@TheGrailTastings]

Yeah! A Lidl or Aldi number compared against a distillery bottling! Great idea! Thanks!

[@sachinkainth9508]

@@TheGrailTastings Aldi and Lidl were exactly what I was thinking of. They are not bad at all.

[@krisverding3908]

they would say : it lastes like a young lagavullin

[@TheGrailTastings]

@@sachinkainth9508 We're pretty sure their younger peaty whisky is Caol Ila and we've loved it every time we've tried it!

[@TheGrailTastings]

@@krisverding3908 Ahaha perhaps!

[@villevirta136]

I did a side by side blind tasting as well! For me it was easy to pick up the Virgin Oak because it has a very bourbony smell, and that's what I always notice. Nose on 12 is more honeyed and bit more complex I'd say. Tastewise I think I actually prefer Virgin Oak. Blind tastings are very entertaining to watch, and eye-opening for the ones who are in it. This video is a great example! You should do more of these, definitely.

[@TheGrailTastings]

thanks for tuning in!! Well done for getting it right (I'm still a bit sore I didn't 🤣) but the virgin oak is much tastier than I remembered so definitely a worthwhile experiment! We'll definitely do more of these in the future :)

[@purpleburglaralarm7462]

Bottoms up!…had to.

[@TheGrailTastings]

😂

[@reneerikolsen9694]

How about Glenallachie 10 cask strength against Glenallachie 12 Y up against each other?

[@TheGrailTastings]

Ooh that's a good one! We already pitted the 12 and the 15 against each other and tried a few expressions of the 10 CS. Will have to see if we can get hold of another 10 now!

[@reneerikolsen9694]

@@TheGrailTastings Hope that you will get hold of an 10 CS - it definitely will be an interesting comparison.

[@whiskymeetsmadeira7054]

"Often the most stupid people are the most certain!" my favourite quote. You are creating a new genre, whisky philosophical humour. Love it !!! I have a friend visiting Scotland, who asked me for a great whisky distillery tour / visitor centre. Any thoughts on that? Or would it be "Deanston", right out of loyalty?

[@GeorgeMcConnon]

Never before has such wisdom come from a person who was soooo certain 😉 In fairness though if I tried this, it would be blind luck if I got it right.

[@TheGrailTastings]

Oh there are so many that's a really hard question! We would obviously say Islay (probably Ardbeg and Bruichladdich in particular) but nearer us we would definitely suggest Lindores Abbey, Glenturret, Edradour and Glengoyne. For proper whisky geekery Hollyrood in Edinburgh is a must although they have no single malt ready they are going lots of cool things with barley. Deanston is great to see around but as far as we know at the moment they aren't doing any production tours, just warehouse tastings. And of course they can pop in and see us in Callander! Hope this helps!

[@whiskymeetsmadeira7054]

@@TheGrailTastings Great. My friends are already on the way and I suggested Lindores Abbey and Glengoyne. Not bad then! Thanks for your answer. Appreciated.

[@gareth630]

At 12.15 I was getting excited :-) But in all fairness what I like is you give us geeks the courage to say what we smell, taste and experience and I love that call it as you try it approach 🙂 Idea for you pimping Whisky eg I have put a BB+ Rudd 12yr Orkney with the standard 12 yr Highland Park and it worked.

[@TheGrailTastings]

Exactly as it should be! There are no wrong tasting notes! Oh I think we might have another highland park we could try this with too actually! Good plan!

[@bdwilcox]

OK, here's a challenge. Clan MacGregor vs. Glenmorangie SIgnet. Can Rachel tell the difference in a blind tasting?

[@RaduB.]

10:15 You are too cool! 😀 Both of you.

[@TheGrailTastings]

A good observation!🤣

[@chrisinston427]

Throw them both away and drink the 18, it’s my favourite non smokey whisky. 😂 The 12 is also good but not tried the virgin oak. Great review as always.

[@TheGrailTastings]

Or.......the calvados cask! 😋

[@rshore081]

Love your work, there is a reason why whisky is priced differently....end of story.

[@darkoanton5]

The best 'cheap' scotch that I can get here is the Virgin Oak and The Robert Burns Single Malt.

[@stuffthefame]

I was drinking a bottle of 12 when watching this and could tell the lady on right of my screen knew what she was tasting.

[@TheGrailTastings]

Jen is very good!!

[@pierreluna1654]

Amazing video. Very funny ! Rachel show us that she's a very good loser. Keep the idea of blind comparison please ! I like so much yours accents and yours "yeeeeee" ! From Paris with love

[@TheGrailTastings]

Ahaha thank you for tuning in Pierre 😃!

[@maltymission]

Whisky and feet, whisky and bottoms… is it me, or is there a bit of a bodily theme on this channel? 😊 I do like the virgin oak, but it needs time in the bottle imo. Great blind h2h!

[@TheGrailTastings]

It seems to be! 😂🤣

[@iancrombie8862]

I prefer Virgin Oak..12 is always too floral for me....

[@TheGrailTastings]

Oh that's interesting you get a really floral note!

[@henrykDzieciontko]

Preffer the virgin oak.