Dewars Highlander Honey Scotch

Type : Scotch
ABV : 80
Producer : Bacardi
Country : Scotland
Size : 750ml
Description :

Breaking some new ground in the Scotch whisky world, Dewars has decided to extend its portfolio of blended Scotch whisky by making a blend of their white label blended Scotch with the addition of Highland Honey from local hives to smoothen and sweeten the original base whiskey. While it could be argued (successfully ) that Drambuie, Isle of Skye, and other products may have been first ( by a few hundred years in some cases) these are generally referred to as liqueurs due to their higher sugar content – not to mention their complexity. In any case this whisky seems to follow the emerging North American trend of flavoring whiskies in various ways.

Appearance: Light Honey color (Caramel strongly suspected), not a lot of edge line when you swirl it.

First Impression: Caramel, citrus,honey, malted barley some peat and a lot of oak char. Fairly light bouquet for a Scotch, was expecting a bit more peat.

Taste: Sweet entry that coats the tongue but then a fairly nasty so of artificial chemical taste and oak burn sets in at mid point followed by a cloying chemical coating of your tongue. It has a decided artificial peach, lemon, barley, peat  and oak char taste but the “natural flavors” give it a strange kiddie candy drink taste profile with oak aging that is overbalanced, there is a lot more char than peat.

Drinks: Nt really sure where to go with it. Don’t care for sipping it and the sweetness mixed with the char makes for a somewhat confusing mix of tastes so cocktail making could be a challenge.

Bottle: Basic standard Dewars with a swish impressed into the glass which also bisects the label design making for a distinctive package. Nicely blends the traditional and modern at the same time.

Cigar: Something flavored like a Swisher Sweet probably.

Dewars Highlander Honey Scotch

Type : Scotch
ABV : 80
Producer : Bacardi
Country : Scotland
Size : 750ml
Description :

Breaking some new ground in the Scotch whisky world, Dewars has decided to extend its portfolio of blended Scotch whisky by making a blend of their white label blended Scotch with the addition of Highland Honey from local hives to smoothen and sweeten the original base whiskey. While it could be argued (successfully ) that Drambuie, Isle of Skye, and other products may have been first ( by a few hundred years in some cases) these are generally referred to as liqueurs due to their higher sugar content – not to mention their complexity. In any case this whisky seems to follow the emerging North American trend of flavoring whiskies in various ways.

Appearance: Light Honey color (Caramel strongly suspected), not a lot of edge line when you swirl it.

First Impression: Caramel, citrus,honey, malted barley some peat and a lot of oak char. Fairly light bouquet for a Scotch, was expecting a bit more peat.

Taste: Sweet entry that coats the tongue but then a fairly nasty so of artificial chemical taste and oak burn sets in at mid point followed by a cloying chemical coating of your tongue. It has a decided artificial peach, lemon, barley, peat  and oak char taste but the “natural flavors” give it a strange kiddie candy drink taste profile with oak aging that is overbalanced, there is a lot more char than peat.

Drinks: Nt really sure where to go with it. Don’t care for sipping it and the sweetness mixed with the char makes for a somewhat confusing mix of tastes so cocktail making could be a challenge.

Bottle: Basic standard Dewars with a swish impressed into the glass which also bisects the label design making for a distinctive package. Nicely blends the traditional and modern at the same time.

Cigar: Something flavored like a Swisher Sweet probably.

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