Chivas Regal is a world-famous Scotch blend which was first made in the early 20th century by Chivas Brothers. The company can trace its roots back to 1801, with the opening of a grocers at Number 13 King Street, Aberdeen. Selling luxury food, coffee and spices, it wasn't until half a century later that the company started to make whisky, and then not until post-US Prohibition that Chivas Regal 12 Year Old was first officially released. F. Paul Pacult described Chivas Regal 12 as "the blend for grown-ups", awarding it an impressive 9 out of 10. It's a very apt statement - this is a very refined blended whisky, with herbs, honey and fruit leaping forth on the palate. Regularly lauded by the critics, this is a superb blend in its price category, representing great value for money.
A creamy, aromatic melange of vanilla custard, hints of aniseed, lemon curd and butter toffee. Wood shavings and dried banana chips develop with just a hint of cassis.
More of those banana chips showing through on the palate, this time there's a creamy hit of barley malt too, pepped up with a little allspice. Notes of ground walnut and caramel.
Light spice and black pepper on the tail. Lingering notes of cereal sweetness.
A spicy, beautifully balanced blend. Lots going on here.
By far the best of a terrible category of readily available heavily discounted scotch blend. You may not pick it over Glenfiddich or The Macallan any day of the week after you win the lottery for sipping with a few drops of water. For a delicious and interesting blend, only until Megamillions hits, this is it. Neat, rocks, soda, chivalry? Yes. Have it any way you like and there is no need to suffer for purity or wear a hair shirt. It is $23 on sale at the drug store down the street, just $5 more than some terrible young bourbon.
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My drink of the evening and it's like a smooth drink of pure .999 percent molten Gold. It's smooth, it shines, and it warms!! Life just couldn't be better than a quiet sunset, a smooth pipe and a glass of Chivas Regal 12 over ice. The drink of the Angels.
This was THE One and Only blended Scotch whisky for me in the eighties. But sadly they've changed the taste somewhere in the nineties. (Like Confused wrote) from rich, creamy, smooth and full of caracter and also with some custard I tasted in the finish to less caracter, sharp now and that custardy finish is completely gone. More smokeyness came instead of it. Was that because they wanted to compete more with JWB? Which I don't like at all. In the 80's I would have rated it 5 stars +, but now just 3-. Anyone the same experience?
Better to be used at cleaning up the hospitals floors.
