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The best blended whiskies

A blended whisky (or blend) mixes malt whisky with grain whisky, usually from several distilleries. It’s the best-selling style in the world and the easiest to find, but not always the simplest: there are blends with many years and lots of character. Here are the ones the community likes most, whether Scotch, Irish or Japanese.

How we make this list

We rank the whiskies by the community’s votes (“Love it”, “Like it” or “Don’t like it”), adjusted for how many each one has: that way, two enthusiastic votes don’t jump ahead of two hundred. There are still few votes, so for now the easiest to find in Spain go first. The order never depends on what we earn.

  1. Scotland

    Johnnie Walker Black Label 12 Year Old

    One of the best-known blends with an age statement. It brings together whiskies at least twelve years old from several Scottish regions and achieves a balance between sweetness, ripe fruit and moderate smoke that makes it recognisable.

    • Sweet
    • Smoky
    • Dried fruit

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  2. Scotland

    Johnnie Walker Double Black

    A darker, more intense version of Black Label. Johnnie Walker makes it by stepping up the smoky whiskies from Scotland’s west coast and maturing part of the blend in heavily charred casks.

    • Smoky
    • Toasted
    • Oak

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  3. Scotland

    Johnnie Walker Red Label

    Johnnie Walker’s entry blend, designed from the start for mixing. It combines malt and grain whiskies from different regions of Scotland and shows a smoky hint that sets it apart from other inexpensive blends.

    • Spicy
    • Fruity
    • Cereal

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  4. Scotland

    Ballantine's 10 Year Old

    The step between Ballantine's Finest and the twelve-year-old. With ten years of ageing, it keeps the house’s smooth, honeyed character but gains some body, more vanilla and riper fruit.

    • Sweet
    • Vanilla
    • Fruity

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  5. Spain

    DYC

    The best-known Spanish whisky, made by DYC at its historic Segovia distillery. It is a light, smooth blend, with notes of cereal, vanilla and fresh fruit, designed above all for mixed drinks.

    • Fruity
    • Cereal
    • Sweet

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  6. Ireland

    Jameson

    The best-selling Irish whiskey and a benchmark of the island’s style: smooth, fruity and smoke-free.

    • Fruity
    • Sweet
    • Vanilla

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There are 88 more whiskies that meet the criteria. All about Blend (98)

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