Johnnie Walker

[Colin_147]

I purchased a bottle of Green label for my step dad at Xmas. I was having a look at their site earlier and noticed they do 5 different labels or so and was intrigued by the different tastes. Can anyone shed any light on how the whiskies differ, and whether or not the more expensive labels are worth the money?

Thanks

[Coneyhurst Blue]

Come on Lefty - where are you ?

[soad]

I'd be interested to hear more details too.

[condor]

Wiki gives some details

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnnie_Walker

[Lefty Two Drams]

I think:

Red: budget blend. OK but nowhere near:
Black: regular blend, bloody awesome stuff, I love it
Green: vatted malt, superb
Gold: vatted malt (I think), superb also
Blue: premium blend, I don't enjoy this as much as the previous three I mentioned and it's a lot more expensive.

Just a quick note from my blackberry on the train, I'll elaborate further later . (And maybe have a mini-tasting, just to help out you understand)

[taldo]

i drink black label fairly frequently and really enjoy it, was once treated to a bottle of green label by family for xmas and thought it was superb. by far my favourite brand.

[soad]

Thanks for that. Only tried the Red label to date, Black one is next (i hear it's one of the most popular blends).

[Lefty Two Drams]

Green label is probably my favourite... It's fking good value considering how damn good it is too.

[dcw@pr]

i have a bottle of blue (given to me), and I had some last night. It's nice, but really not worth £160

[kiteless]

Have only climbed the ladder to Black so far, but - for the money - it's lovely stuff.

[Nat_H]

After reading this, i quite fancy one of these:



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[Lefty Two Drams]

Nat_H said:

After reading this, i quite fancy one of these:



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That's not bad actually.

4 full size bottles would be about £250-280 so this is a good way of sampling them all! Will make for a nice tasting session...

[Nat_H]

Lefty Two Drams said:

That's not bad actually.

4 full size bottles would be about £250-280 so this is a good way of sampling them all! Will make for a nice tasting session...

Exactly what I was thinking, as it would be nice to taste the difference between the bottles.

[Lefty Two Drams]

Gold label is definitely a blend by the way, a damn good one at that. I think it's just Green label that is a vatted malt.

The Gold is sweet, spicy, very complex and soooo smooth. It's damn good.

I believe that Blue label is primarily old Royal Lochnagar and as many as 18 other whiskies (including grain)

[XJSJohn]

Johnnie Black is consumed in huge quantities out here in Asia along with Chivas Regal!!!

Most any bar you go into will have at least 5 or 6 "private" bottles behind the bar!

[Lefty Two Drams]

Actually, it seems that they have different minimum ages (never knew that!)

Black 12
Green 15
Gold 18

No idea about Blue. It's often quoted as being anything from 30 - 60yo but I don't believe that

Well, 30 at a push and maybe a tiny amount of 60yo...

[Colin_147]

XJSJohn said:

Johnnie Black is consumed in huge quantities out here in Asia along with Chivas Regal!!!

Most any bar you go into will have at least 5 or 6 "private" bottles behind the bar!

Ive never seen it available in any bars/pubs in the UK

[bobbylondonuk]

Black label is one of the best selling brands world wide. Anywhere in USA/Asia it is the whiskey drink most commonly consumed in a bar.

[Lefty Two Drams]

Colin_147 said:

XJSJohn said:

Johnnie Black is consumed in huge quantities out here in Asia along with Chivas Regal!!!

Most any bar you go into will have at least 5 or 6 "private" bottles behind the bar!

Ive never seen it available in any bars/pubs in the UK

Really? Both are easily available in pubs up here.

[Colin_147]

Lefty Two Drams said:

Colin_147 said:

XJSJohn said:

Johnnie Black is consumed in huge quantities out here in Asia along with Chivas Regal!!!

Most any bar you go into will have at least 5 or 6 "private" bottles behind the bar!

Ive never seen it available in any bars/pubs in the UK

Really? Both are easily available in pubs up here.

Maybe im not looking very hard but its never on the optics. Will make a point of asking the next time I had into a bar