Sheep Dip Blended Malt Scotch Whisky ($40)

It is perhaps peculiar to name your whisky after something that doesn’t qualify as pleasant. A sheep dip in Scotland, and Australia, is a well-known term for something rank – it’s a chemical bath for sheep to be precise. So if it’s food, drink or otherwise and it’s objectionable, people say, “Mate, that tastes like sheep dip.” This whisky is not that bad, but it’s also not very compelling either. It offers very light citrus, resin, browned butter, caramel and old butterscotch. It fills the palate reasonably well, but it lacks much finish and doesn’t find its way towards a comprehensive dram. The issue, from my perspective, is that the blended malts, in this case 16 different single malts blended together, just aren’t harmonious enough, and create a muddled Scotch, one without a purposeful focus.  89

Reviewed by Michael Cervin

www.ianmacleod.com

Brand – Sheep Dip
Spirit Type – Scotch Whisky
Other Designation – Blended Malt
Country of Origin – Scotland
ABV – 40%
Bottle Size – 750ml
Price – $40
Score – 89
Date Reviewed – 12/28/2022

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