Golf and whisky are with out query Scotland’s best imports (tartan might take third place), so it’s becoming that the parents from Dewar’s rolled out a commemorative “Champions Version” of its 19-year-old to mark this 12 months’s U.S. Open, which was held in Brookline, Massachusetts this previous June.
We at Bevvy aren’t certified to speak about golf, however we are able to speak about whisky. On this case, the particular launch is a mix of over 40 single malt and grain whiskies that’s been double-aged with additional maturation occurring in ex-bourbon, ex-rye, and new American oak casks.
On the nostril, Dewar’s 19 is mild, with fruity notes of inexperienced apple, vanilla, toffee, caramel, brown butter, and fudge. It proves decisively mellow on the palate, with preliminary flavors of inexperienced apple in brown sugar adopted by an astringent hit of stone fruits, after which a mushy, melty butterscotch richness washed down with honey. We hit oak in the back of the palate, the place it’s adopted by fudge and a definite taste of torched marshmallows with caramelized sugar.
If there was one phrase I’d use to explain this version of Dewar’s 19, it will be “mellow.” As somebody whose whisky preferences lean bolder, which may sound like a knock, however in fact I used to be appreciative of the spherical, rolling character of Dewar’s 19, which managed to be mellow whereas delivering a worthwhile trip by way of astringent stone fruit notes and melty butterscotch goodness. It’s the type of whisky you wish to come dwelling to after the top of a protracted day, whenever you wish to be comforted—however not with out the promise of discovering one thing new.
★★★
Stats:
— 43% ABV
— $79.99
