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Dewar's 12 Year Old Blended Scotch Whisky 750ml

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$19.97
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Product Description

Award-winning, exceptionally smooth. Handcrafted from up to 40 of Scotland's finest single malt and grain whiskeys. Aged in hand selected reserve casks for twelve years, this whisky has long been admired as the ancestor.

Product Specs

Alcohol by Volume40.0%
Country of OriginScotland
UPC080480231026

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Awards & Scores

Critic reviews and blind-tasting competition results for this bottle.

Entered under other names. Some of these results were entered under another name of this whisky. Each one shows the name it was entered as.

What critics and judges wrote

Whisky Advocate Top 20 · #4 · 2022
… Dewar’s master blender Stephanie Macleod’s introduction of first-fill bourbon cask finishing elevates this classic to the higher echelons of blended scotch whisky. … the result of combining the marrying and finishing processes is both captivatingly delicious and texturally silken …
Read the Top 20 entry on whiskyadvocate.com
Whisky Advocate · Jonny McCormick · 2022
Now double-aged in first-fill bourbon casks, this is a zinger. Bright aromas of honey, caramel, dried apricot and apple slice, mixed peel, malt, roasted spices, rich vanilla, and an imprint of woodsmoke. … An outstanding blend.
Read the full review on whiskyadvocate.com
Show 1 more review, 2018
Entered as Dewar’s 12 year old The Ancestor, 40%A straightforward proposition of honey, vanilla sponge cake, barley notes, hints of apple, fresh banana, melon, and bundles of dry straw. … but this is gorgeously tasty, with smooth vanilla fudge all the way.
Beverage Testing Institute · August 2018
Entered as Dewar's The Ancestor 12 Year Old Blended Scotch Whisky
See the review on tastings.com
Show 1 more review, 2016
SilverSeptember 2016tastings.com ↗
IWSC judges · Silver · 2023
As if they've bottled lemon drizzle cake. Elegant notes of seared lemon citrus are layered with the sweetness of raisins and honey.
Read the judges' note on iwsc.net
Show 5 more notes, 2016 to 2022
Silver2022iwsc.net ↗
On the nose tobacco, vanilla, wooded spice, liquorice, tannin and char come through; then oak and fragrant spice. On the palate showing malty, fresh, bitter notes. Long luscious finish.
Gold2021iwsc.net ↗
Exquisitely fruity with supple hints of red apple, orange and tangerine. A delectable vein of rich vanilla opens up at the finish to reveal a pleasantly warm and lingering mixture of sweet fruit and spice. Absolutely delicious.
Bronze2020iwsc.net ↗
Nicely balanced combination of honeyed malt, vanilla fudge and bonfire embers.
Bronze2019iwsc.net ↗
The nose has aromas reminiscent of cocoa powder and chocolate with a touch of vanilla. The palate has an enticing vegetal note and an aromatic and sweet honey melon finish.
Silver Outstanding2016iwsc.net ↗
Entered as Dewar's 12 YO The AncestorUpside down cake with a big pineapple ring and loads of honey on the nose. The palate is oak driven with spices and delicate vanilla, sugars and white tea. A fruity finish completes this well balanced little number.
Distiller · Stephanie Moreno
Entered as Dewar's 12 Year The Ancestor (Discontinued)The nose offers carnival candy, fudge, and stone fruit. … the richness of the whisky is a nice surprise. The finish suggests wood spices and salty caramel and just a dash white pepper.
Read the full review on distiller.com
World Whiskies Awards judges · Gold · 2025
The palate is lighter than expected, featuring fruit-studded spongecake, mixed peel, and gentle spice, alongside hints of smoke on the finish. Overall, it showcases a fresh, floral style with attractive orange confectionery notes - very bright and approachable.
Read the judges' note on worldwhiskiesawards.com
Show 2 more notes, 2023 to 2024
Light and floral, this whisky offers a subtle spice and honey aroma. The palate reveals toffee and orchard fruit flavours, whilst the finish is warming with persistent fruit and spice notes.
From the outset, notes of juicy dried fruits together with cooked apples and pears appear on the nose. … On the palate, there are warm, estery notes with hints of toasted oak and white pepper …

Competition medals

International Spirits Challenge
Entered as Dewar's 12 Year Old The Ancestor
Show 2 earlier medals, 2013 to 2014
San Francisco World Spirits Competition
Silver 2025Silver 2022
IWSC
Entered as Dewar's 12 YO The Ancestor Blended Scotch Whisky
Entered as Dewar's 12 YO The Ancestor

33 medals from 5 competitions, 2013 to 2026.

Tasting Notes

Flavor profile

How strongly each flavor family shows up across 15 notes from 5 publications, weighted by source.

  • Herbal & greenbundles of dry straw, fresh, floral style, light and floral, orange blossomLight
  • Fruitydried apricot, apple slice, mixed peel, warm citrus, black cherryClear
  • Sweethoney, caramel, rich vanilla, burnt toffee, vanilla sponge cakeClear
  • Oak & maltmalt, soft oak, hazelnut latte, barley notes, creamy porridgeLight
  • Smokean imprint of woodsmoke, a lick of smoke, hints of smoke on the finish, subtle ash, bonfire embersA hint
  • Spiceroasted spices, black pepper, hardly any spice, a snag of pepper at the end, wood spicesLight

Flavor map

Dewar's 12 Year Old against other Scotch whiskies we carry. Closer dots taste more alike.

← More delicateRicher →Less smokySmokier →Dewar's 12 Year OldLauder'sThe GlenlivetCaribbean ReserveAberfeldy 12 Year Old

Closest Scotch whiskies at a similar price: Lauder's ($19.97), The Glenlivet Caribbean Reserve ($34.97), and Aberfeldy 12 Year Old ($29.97).

Show the map as a list

Each whisky's place on the map, from 0 to 10.

WhiskyRichSmokyPrice
Dewar's 12 Year Old (this bottle)4.01.4$19.97
Glencadam 10 Year Old4.11.3$69.98
Johnnie Walker Game of Thrones Limited Edition 'A Song of Ice'3.91.3$249.96
Tomintoul 16 Year Old4.11.3$99.98
Johnnie Walker High Rye4.21.4$39.98
Compass Box Oak Cross4.11.2$99.98
Glen Grant 18 Year Old Rare Edition3.81.5$159.98
Glenkinchie 12 Year Old3.91.6$69.98
The Glenrothes Bourbon Cask Reserve4.31.4$69.98
Lauder's4.11.8$19.97
Glenfarclas 10 Year Old3.61.2$69.98
The Glenlivet Caribbean Reserve4.41.2$34.97
Aberfeldy 16 Year Old4.31.9$129.98
Glenlivet 15 Year French Oak Reserve4.51.1$89.97
Oban 2024 Natural Cask Strength 10 Year Old Special Release3.51.7$99.96
Bladnoch 11 Year Old4.10.8$79.98
Aberfeldy 12 Year Old4.50.9$29.97
Glenmorangie 'The Original' 12 Year Old4.50.9$44.98
Tullibardine 12 Year Old3.31.1$49.98
The Glenlivet Jamaica Edition Treasure Beach Rum Cask 12 Year Old3.52.0$49.97
Dewar's 15 Year Old4.81.2$24.97
Glenmorangie 'Tusail' Private Edition4.22.2$149.96
The Glenlivet Double Oak 12 Year Old4.52.1$46.97
Tullibardine 'Artisan'3.50.7$32.98
The Glenrothes Vintage Reserve4.40.6$199.96
Glencadam 15 Year Old4.02.3$109.98
The Macallan 2019 Edition No 53.62.3$419.96

Flavor scores are our estimates. A flavor scores higher when more critics mention it and when they describe it more strongly, so no single review sets the result. They are not a rating from any publication.

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