Distiller Notes
#4 Whisky Advocate Top 20 of 2022
2021 San Francisco World Spirits Competition Double Gold Medal Winner
Dewar's 12 Year Old Blended Scotch Whisky was created by the eponymous Dewar family. It is famous for its double-aged blend, with six months of marrying in oak casks after initial maturation and blending. This Scotch whisky's unique taste and experience is one of the world’s most popular and awarded whiskies
Dewar's 12 Year Old Blended Scotch Whisky enjoys a complex flavor of honey, homemade toffee apples and crumbly fudge in a unique, blended whisky. Arguably one of the best malt whisky brands, it is luxuriously warm, buttery and mellow with a long, lingering flavor. Though light on the palate, it is richly rewarding.
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Professional Ratings
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Whisky Advocate
Reinvention, reimagination, call it what you will, but Dewar’s master blender Stephanie Macleod’s introduction of first-fill bourbon cask finishing elevates this classic to the higher echelons of blended scotch whisky. It may seem a small gesture, but the result of combining the marrying and finishing processes is both captivatingly delicious and texturally silken, adding seemingly infinite layers of honey, vanilla, dried apricot, citrus, chocolate, and soft oak to the tasting experience, interwoven with a wisp of smoke. Without changing a beat of the blend’s 40 malts and grains, Macleod’s methods prove her mastery of the craft yet again.
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Wine Enthusiast
At first, the scent is mild and sweet, but with time opens up to a distinct caramel aroma with a tinge of orange peel. Although fairly boozy on the palate at first sip, eventually this viscous, honey-colored spirit emerges as mellow and fruity, and faintly peated. A splash of water coaxes out more vanilla tones. Good value.
Originally created as a lighter alternative to Single Malts to appeal to the Americans during Prohibition, Blended Scotch Whiskies are a mix of both grain and malt whiskies that have been sourced from multiple distilleries and aged a minimum of three years in oak barrels. Nine out of every ten bottles of Scotch sold is a Blended Scotch Whisky and they are generally far more affordable than Single Malt Scotch Whiskies.