Special Reserve is an edition of Dew of Ben Nevis, a Highland blend with proportion of malt from the Ben Nevis distillery.
Fragrant, quite rich. Malt and hints of smoke, a touch of peat with honey and spice.
Balanced, toffee with oak, peat. Gentle fudge note.
Good length with toffee and oak.
Very good purchased this as Nevis Dew was unavailable however just as good smooth everyday whiskey
Fantastic whisky for the money even if it is a blend . Bought first couple of bottles from the distillery shop a year ago and since bought another online Well worth having in drinks cabinet
This knocks the socks off any whisky you can buy for <£20 in supermarket here in the UK. I tried a variety of the Ben Nevis drams at the distillery and preferred this to some of the single malts. It's slightly spicy on the nose and light decent peat on the first taste. The rest goes down smoothly with a hint of Werther's Original. After one of these I often progress onto a Campbeltown I have, but will often sneak back for a tiny dram of this Nevis Dew somewhere in the evening.
When i first tried this..i thought average blended whisky and put it away in cupboard.. Then i managed to poison my leg and was on antibiotics so for a week no booze! My first dram was this whisky and I was bowled over how good this was..i then thought its a trick..i hadnt drink whisky for a week and anything would taste pretty good? So my next dram was a blended whisky from lidl..it was passible but what i noticed was the cheap grain spirit in the whisky..that stood out! But with the Nevis dew it was all flavour..no such problems! My opinion is clear your palette before trying this.. Dont try this after another brand of whisky.. Try it first..its rather good!
Fantastic
