Johnnie Walker Old Harmony

Johnnie Walker Island Green

Happy Birthday Mum! Today is her 69th birthday, and before we head out to see her (and while Pam naps after cooking all morning), let's celebrate her Scottish heritage with this limited expression, available in Travel Retail only (I picked it up on my way back from Boston last fall). The Island Green is a variant of their excellent 15 Year Old...

Score 89/100

Johnnie Walker Green Label 15 Year Old

Here is a whisky which I think unapologetically bridges the gap between what earlier generations were used to and what whisky fans are drinking today. Comprising of four signature malts from four brilliant distilleries - Talisker, Caol Ila, Cragganmore & Linkwood - it takes on their flavors quite beautifully. Nose : First the Talisker and...

Score 91/100

Johnnie Walker Black Label 12 Year Old

Medium to dark amber in the glass; lively nose of mixed fruit; medium body; a bolt of fine grains, light oak, banana almond, then oak char this particular tasting; somehow, this all balances out, because the master distiller knows his craft. Long warm finish of heavier grains and sweet malt. Excellent dram.

Score 85/100

Johnnie Walker Blender’s Batch Red Rye Finish

In 2017 Johnnie Walker launched the so-called Blender’s Batch series in which innovative and experimental whiskies are bottled. The first one is this Red Rye Finish, composed with a very small amount of malt and grain whiskies, all matured on first fill bourbon casks and then finished for 6 months on casks that previously held rye whisky. Hence...

Score 81/100