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Black Bull
12 Year Old Blended Scotch Whisky

Category: Blended Scotch

Date Tasted:
Country: Scotland
Alcohol: 50%
93 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$55

Black Bull
12 Year Old Blended Scotch Whisky

Category: Blended Scotch

Date Tasted:
Country: Scotland
Alcohol: 50%
Golden amber color. Roasted aromas and flavors of honeyed puffed rice cereal, toasty sesame candy, salty, oily roasted almonds ands corn, and mocha soufflé with a satiny, vibrant, dry-yet-fruity full body and a warming, subtle, long finish evoking touches of wood grilled greens, chestnut honey on dark raisin toast, candied yams, and cedar embers. A rich, nutty, sherried blended Scotch Whisky that will appeal to Single Malt drinkers.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Complex, Fruity, Rich, Smoky & Spicy
Aroma Aroma: honeyed puffed rice cereal, toasty sesame candy, salty, oily roasted almonds ands corn, and mocha soufflé
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with touches of wood grilled greens, chestnut honey on dark raisin toast, candied yams, and cedar embers
Smoothness Smoothness: Warming
Enjoy Enjoy: neat, on the rocks, with cigars and in cocktails
Cocktail Cocktails: Blood & Sand, Rob Roy, Blood & Sand
Bottom Line Bottom Line: A rich, nutty, sherried blended Scotch Whisky that will appeal to Single Malt drinkers.
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The Importer

Shand Import LLC

The Importer
1020 Mission St. Unit H
South Pasadena, CA 91030
USA
1 626-441-4706
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Blended Scotch

Spirits Glass Glencairn Scotch Amber.jpg
Serve in a Glencairn Scotch Whisky Glass
About
Blended Scotch
Blended Scotch whiskies require a mix of dozens of different malt whiskies to be combined with grain whisky in order to create the desired blend. The individual percentages of each malt whisky may be small, but each contributes its unique character to the blend. A blender will thus need to buy or produce a large amount of different malt whiskies in order to maintain the consistency of the blend. Thus, for a malt whisky distillery, the single malt may get all of the glory, but the blends ultimately pay the bills.

Black Bull 12 Year Old Blended Scotch Whisky rating was calculated by to be 93 points out of 100 on 6/16/2023. Please note that MSRP may have changed since the date of our review.