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Dewar’s 12 bottle
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John Dewar & Sons · Scotland

Dewar’s 12

Producer says citrus, fruit, vanilla, toffee, spice, smoke, oak-wood

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Documented dimensions

Peat & smoke

SMOKE

Fresh fruit

CITRUS · FRUIT

Sherry & dried fruit

Silent in the official notes

Vanilla & oak

VANILLA · TOFFEE · OAK-WOOD

Spice & pepper

SPICE

Maritime & salt

Silent in the official notes

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DEWAR’S 12 Year Old opens with vanilla, citrus, and orchard fruit.

nose · official · · Official source

Tags: citrus · fruit · vanilla

The palate is smooth and layered, with butterscotch, cereal, and soft spice,

palate · official · · Official source

Tags: toffee · spice

leading to a gently smoky finish of oak and honeyed warmth.

finish · official · · Official source

Tags: smoke · oak-wood

Production / cask

cask
It undergoes our signature two-stage aging process for enhanced smoothness, followed by finishing in first-fill bourbon casks. Source
age
12 years Source
abv
40% Source
grain
DEWAR’S 12 Year Old is a Blended Scotch Whisky crafted from thirty single malt and grain whiskies, including aged reserves from our own distilleries. Source
region
Scotland Source

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Method record

Taxonomy 3.0.0 · verified 2026-08-29 · Read the method