Aberfeldy 12 Year

Smooth

This scotch goes for close to $50 in NH but I found it on sale here (Texas)for$ 35 out the door so jumped on it. Mainstay in Dewars blends and I really like the 12 yr ancestor so high hopes for Aberfeldy 12. Has coloring and only 80pf but.......Poured neat, nose has that Dewars 12 smooth fruit and malt with light smoky vanilla and even some melted butter. Its mild and inviting with ethanol nowhere to be found. Sticky glass coat and soft creamy mouthfeel bring on silky flavors of rich malt, bubble gum,honey drenched bosc pear and golden apple with some more smoky vanilla and oak at back end. Maybe just a flash of peat coffee note in there too. Finish is medium honeyed malt drying to oak with fruit and light smoke. Its not the most complex or powerful single malt but it is pretty tasty. Its everything good from Dewars12 with none of the grain alcohol harshness or drawbacks. We're talking smooth flavor and supreme drinkability with weight(none of that thin flavor delivery). One of my favorite budget non peated scotches............82/100

light, smooth