Deanston was originally a mill built in 1785 by Richard Arkwright on the border of the Lowlands and Highlands on the banks of the River Teith. After it was bought in 1964 by blender Brodie Hepburn, who also owned Tullibardine and Macduff, the site was converted into a distillery, with production beginning in 1969. Having been bought by Invergordon in 1972, Deanston closed a decade later, in the height of the Whisky Loch. It was bought by Burn Stewart in 1990 and reopened the following year. Although official bottlings of Deanston from the 1970s exist, the brand only really came into its own in the 2000s.

A Deanston 10 year old distilled in 2008 and bottled in 2018. Cadenhead was founded in 1842 by George Duncan, who was quickly joined by William Cadenhead, who renamed the business after Duncan’’s death in 1858. When Cadenhead in turn passed away in 1904, his nephew Robert Duthie took over and turned the business into the independent bottler it is today. After Duthie, it was managed by one of his employees, Ann Olivier, whose stubborn approach to running the business led to much of the stock having to be sold at auction by Christie’’s (London) in 1972 to feed the kitty and save the business. It was then sold to J. & A. Mitchell and Co, who also owned Springbank, and moved to Campbeltown. A limited edition of 570 bottles.