Glen Dochus Export Blend Non Alcoholic Whiskey, Award Winning Aromatic and Warming Scottish Non Alcoholic Spirits - Halal, Low Sugar and Gluten Free, Part of the Spirits of Virtue Range (700ml)

I've had real whiskey/whisky, and I've had variations of non-alcoholic offerings. This product has a cool bottle, and the color is reminiscent of whiskey. However, it both smells and tastes like vomit. The flavor is a horrible blend of honey and something acidic. I could see what they were trying to go for, but the end result made it taste like puke. I tried having it cold over ice, in a mocktail with lime juice + simple syrup, or even adding some pepper flakes + cinnamon to distract my taste buds...while these alterations did improve the taste ever-so-slightly, there was still the remaining puke flavor left on the palate. I'm going to (try to) finish drinking it because I hate wasting money, but I won't buy this again. Yuck!

Taste is a subjective thing; I will not attempt to describe the flavor profile of the product other than to indicate that it does indeed taste like a scotch. Instead, I'll speak as a person who loves all aspects of whiskey-- both the flavor and the burn-- but who had to abandon alcohol for my health. My expectations for this product were low. I love whiskey immensely, and I once even took pride in such things like an ability to roughly estimate the mash bill of a whiskey after a few sips. But this product has no mash bill. It is not a whiskey. It's an imitation. With this is mind, I ask only for an approximation. Something to remind me of the feeling of drinking after a long day of work, but without any of the risks associated with alcohol. This product does (almost) exactly that. It tastes enough like a whiskey to enjoy with just a little ice and to forget that it is not liquor in my hand, but a harmless substitute. That said, I personally appreciate the burn of alcohol. This product delivers zero burn, and thus doesn't really feel like drinking whiskey without a little modification. I find that spices such as red pepper (and the stuff used in products like Ritual's tequila) do a poor job as those linger in a way unlike ethanol. But I find that some ginger extract helps to roughly approximate the alcohol burn that I still love. So I always mix a bit of that in my drink. Wonderful product. I hope whiskey substitutes like this one continue to be produced. Perhaps one day we'll get one that gives the same sort of bite that alcohol does . But until then, this is will be my standby.

I really wanted to like this because its from Scotland and had a cool bottle, so I was quite primed to like it. And then, yeah, the taste. I'm not sure if whoever invented this has ever had a whisky. Whisky has heather and honey and salt and smoke and it has a bite. This stuff tastes like a butterscotch candy from you grandmothers purse that is sweat and generally good but also has a strange funk to it. Like butterscotch mixed with a rather aged orange and maybe some purse lint. I get we're ten years out, at least, from creating anything palatable and resembling whisky, so good first effort I suppose, and please keep trying because this is not the end point.

UPDATED REVIEW December 5, 2023 The distributor reached out to me a few days ago after reading my review (below) and offered me a full refund. That gesture really impressed me. Customer service is part of the grading. Let your guests decide on the taste. I suggest for your next holiday party that you offer this non-alcoholic beverage as an alternative to the alcoholic ones for the designated drivers. The pretty decanter bottles should themsesves be a conversation piece. PREVIOUS REVIEW: This alcohol-free overpriced whiskey liquid was created a few years back and by December 1, 2023, should have been tweaked to taste similar to its alcohol whiskey cousins. Not the case for this burnt-tasting dish-water blend. Over the years, I refined my whiskey tasting to a good Jonny Walker sipping Scotch. I know what is bad=tasting whiskey. Sipping this disgusting non-alcoholic Glan Dochus drink was a real way to take the "Merry" out of the current holidays. Oh yes, I did give this muddy blend a one-star because its bottle resembled a real bottle of Jonny Walker Scotch.

Berry Berry taste more like a juice with oak flavors

Ugh. I've long been a fan of NA beer and I love whiskey, but not the after affects. After hearing raves about NA gin, a few folks mentioned NA whiskey. After reading reviews I settled on to this. Note: I do not have great palate and typically drink cheaper scotch, but I know what decent whiskey tastes like. I was expecting to have to adjust my taste a bit, as I did for some NA beers, but this was horrible. Undrinkable. It left a horrible taste in my mouth. I put it away thinking it was the moment or whatever I ate prior. Days later, I tried it again. I could not finish the glass. A day later I tried a third time, and then poured it all down the drain. Do not buy. It's an insult to NA brands.

The smell reminded me a lot of Scotch. Very smoky with some sweet dried fruit, spice, and a little bitterness. It messed with my head a little bit to smell the familiar scent of Scotch but with no burn whatsoever, even on the nose. I poured some in a glass and sipped neat. This also messed with my head as there were a lot of flavors: subtle sweetness, honey, black tea, bubblegum?, some spice, dried fruit, and a heavy smoky finish. However there was no burn and it was heavy in the mouth rather than light— with a mouthfeel more like a room temperature black tea. Not necessarily in a bad way, just different. I really enjoyed the many flavors though and felt Glen Dochus did a great job seeking out the flavor profile of a blended Scotch. Not identical, but a great nonalcoholic option for someone seeking similar flavors. It was nice to have a half a glass late at night, after a workout, and not have the drink mess up my sleep, and to wake up with a clear head. Looking forward to making a mocktail with this product. I will be enjoying a bottle quite regularly, I’m thinking!

This was less terrible than the West Coast blend. Just smoke sugar and caramel color. I should not have spent money on this.