Dewar’s White Label Blended Scotch. Blended Scotch dram 2 of 2. This is apparently the #1 selling Blended Scotch in America, but I think that really just means the cheapest Scotch kept in every bar across America for cocktails. As I mentioned in my last review, I had this bright idea to test the calibration and evolution of my taste buds with some budget drams. I went in to this with a fairy open mind and on the first whiff, I was hoping this one might pleasantly surprise me. If only. Nose: Thin, but with surprising vegetal notes to the tune of overcooked broccoli. As it opens up, more medicinal (read: young grain spirits) and damp campfire notes come through. Sweetness of toasted marshmallow (and perhaps one side of that marshmallow was roasted too long). Palate: So light and thin, it verges on cooling rather than warming. Did someone put a dash of Chloraseptic in this bottle? Musty, unpleasant heather, more damp campfire notes, and the non-descript sweetness of white sugar. Young. Finish: Short with more old oak making it to the forefront than it did on the palate. Tannins drifting through smokey, sugary, medicinal water. There’s an odd note reminiscent of something you’d find in a bathroom medicine cabinet (I’ve called it out as that mentholated variety of Chloraseptic) that I can’t untaste or forget, and it completely turns me off from it. I couldn’t use this as a mixer and I’d be horrified if I couldn’t pick this out in a blind tasting. I think my rating is probably generous in the spirit of being polite and not appearing to be snobby (and maybe to show appreciation for the weird, watery, vegetal nose?). Did I get a skunked bottle? 1.75 ~ 60 ~ Nearly Regretting This