Tullamore Dew 12 Year Old

Tullamore Dew 12 Year Old

This review is of the bottle open for 8 months Nose: nice wine-scented spicy barley with gentle grain. There is also a honey-sweetness present. Very pleasant Taste: sharp pointed flavours from both the barley whiskey and from the grain whiskey, with nice gentle wine around the edges. Yes, the grain does seem more aggressive on the palate than it...

Score 86/100

Tullamore Dew 12 Year Old

Nose: Apple calvados, cardamom, vanilla custard and grass Palate: Pretty sweet, nice oak upfront, the oak and spice is robust but not overpowering. In the background I get hint of lemon meringue pie, cardamom and alot of vanilla. Finish: Wave of spice, grassiness and vanilla. Medium to short length Nicely balanced, nothing sticks out to much....

Score 86/100

Tullamore Dew 12 Year Old

As we lead up to St. Patrick's Day, it's time to look at an Irish whisky (I will do some more next week). Tullamore Dew gets it's name from a) the town of Tullamore and b) D. E. Williams, whose family gained control of the distillery in 1903. Tullamore DEW-illiams, get it? The distillery closed in 1954 and the brand was sold to Powers before being...

Score 88/100