Ctrexman
Dewar's 15 Year The Monarch
Blended — Scotland
Reviewed
July 3, 2020 (edited August 19, 2020)
I quite enjoyed the Dewar's12yr ancestor so this was next up. Reasonably priced($38)for a 15 yr scotch albeit a blend. Poured neat, takes a couple minutes to open up. Nose comes in with sweet candied lemon, ripe fresh cut red apple, mild malt and light wood. Palate is refined malty honey, toffee, wood and grain that adds a touch of bitterness. Even at 15 yrs grain is there. Finish is drying malt and wood with light honey and more grain notes trailing. You can taste the Aberfeldy malt coming through with its sweet richness but the balance seems a little off to me with more bitterness than I like. Its still a pretty good blend but you can get the superior Aberfeldy 12 year for less so no need for this. Plus the 12 year Dewars ancestor is better as well...........76/100
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@Ctrexman I thought this was very much on the same shelf as Dewar's 12, and did not display any particular superiority from its extra 3 years.
thanks for the a12 idea, I've only ever had it when I was already tipsy so I havent really tasted it. It does kinda just taste like dewars made a 15 because they could, not because they wanted to.
Great review, I had the same thoughts. This was an enjoyable whiskey but not as good as the Aberfeldy 12, which is also 25% cheaper.