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Review: Dewar’s Japanese Smooth Mizunara Cask Finish 8 Years Old

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Dewar’s “Smooth” blended Scotch whisky #4 is right here, an apparent addition to the lineup which is completed in Japanese Mizunara oak casks. The whisky carries an 8 yr previous age assertion, however the ending time isn’t disclosed.

Let’s give it a strive.

Effectively, I’ve had lots of Japanese whisky and I’m hard-pressed to discover a connection between the class and Dewar’s Japanese Clean. The nostril is heavy with charred oak notes and unexpectedly highly effective notes of smoke, fading right into a hospital character that provides aromas of camphor, adopted by a wierd teriyaki beef jerky observe.

Immediately bizarre and laborious to pin down, the whisky not less than settles down a bit on the palate, whereas nonetheless showcasing its extra savory notes, albeit backed up by mild fruit — pears, lemon peel, golden scrumptious apples. A barely plummy character, maybe an tried nod to Japan, emerges because the end approaches, however the dominant flavors that keep behind comprise smoky, toasted cereal notes — frivolously candy, however filtered by way of the remnants of the chimney, to make sure.

This can be a decidedly scattered, and once more, fairly unusual, whisky, and for all of $25 you most likely received’t overly remorse the funding ought to the “Mizunara” emblazoned on the label suck you in. That stated, it bears zero resemblance to something truly produced in Japan. I can’t think about that was the purpose, however in immediately’s making an attempt instances, who can say?

80 proof.

B- / $25 / dewars.com [BUY IT NOW FROM DRIZLY]

Dewar’s Japanese Clean Mizunara Cask End 8 Years Outdated

$22

Score


7.0/10

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