Johnnie Walker Blue Label UDV/Diageo Christmas Set 2000

Johnnie Walker Red Label

Ah, youth. The days when I was but a Saturday-night beer drinker and a holiday Scotch drinker. Blended Scotch. Rocks. Cutty, Dewars, J&B...well brands, what the hell. Scotch was Scotch, and it fulfilled its three-times-a-year function well. Then I discovered single malts, and it was if the mysteries of the universe had been unlocked! Well,...

Score 65/100

Johnnie Walker Black Label 12 Year Old

Johnnie Walker is undoubtedly the most iconic scotch brand in the world. It sells 10 million cases of whisky more than its nearest competitor (Ballantine's). The company was started by grocer John Walker, who sold spirits in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland in the 1820s. John Walker had some success selling spirits, but it was his son and grandson,...

Score 84/100

Johnnie Walker Blue Label

Very nice blend though I'm never sure what I'm expected to taste. It seems like all the individual malts used in making this blend were awesome but some how together they don't do any thing spectacular. For such a premium brand the results should have been nothing short of spectacular. Toffee, vanilla and maple are strong flavors and there's an...

Score 86/100

Johnnie Walker Swing

I have yet to understand why Swing is the overlooked bastard step-child of the Johnnie Walker range. It’s apparently not worthy of a colour-coded label, and has been reduced to being sold in a gimmicky swinging brandy bottle at travel retail outlets and specialty shops. So is it actually good, or does it deserve this cruel and unusual punishment?...

Score 85/100