Dewars 12 Year Old - Double Aged

Although thick, the fruity and sweet notes are overrated by the site in my opinion. Heavy body, too much so I think. I nose a strong smoke, light fruit, and aniseed. The taste however is unbalanced with overwhelming barley, and only underrepresented notes of honey, fruit, and more rounded spice, which could have been better represented. Try a 10 year Dalmore ( for the price range , but anything really) , Johnnie walker swing, or anything Jura instead. I get the feeling more rare Dewar's bottling could be great, but that this is a variety meant to be sold by them name on the label.

I purchased this expecting something similar to the out-of-stock Special Reserve otherwise by the same name, and was disappointed. As the other reviewer said, fruity and sweet notes were quite weak.

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