Blended
Scotland
Originally released to the travel retail market, Double Black combines the rich, malty flavour of Black Label with slightly peatier whisky and casks that were more heavily charred. The result is a toasty, smoky whisky with Johnnie Walker's usual rich, malty core.
Slightly smoky and almost medicinal on the nose, it offers up hints of vanilla, a little tar, a touch of barbecue sauce, citrus and malt.
Good body and very creamy with a sublimely malty core. It offers up a surprising level of peat smoke which works really well. Creamy sweetness, hints of soft wood smoke, salty butter, custard and cereal grains.
Good length with notes of malt, boiled sweets, black pepper and cool smoke.
I don't know what everyone else is drinking but Johnnie Walker Double Black is neither smooth, well balanced, or remotely enjoyable. The charred taste was overpowering and not a single one of the four friends that tried this whiskey with me found it remotely drinkable. If you like having the aftertaste your mouth experiences akin to that of chewing on a charred barrel chip then this is the whiskey for you, if that's not your cup of tea then stay far away from Double Black
Johnnie black 12 - like driving a well respected Golf GTI around a race track. Johnnie double black - taking the same GTI around the track, except without wearing a seatbelt, switching off the stability program and cutting the exhaust in half. Both excellent, one just feels a little more rough and dangerous. Like we sometimes need to be.
Very smooth
THE BEST IN THE SERIES.
Am I the only man who thinks this tastes like smoked ham ... and LOVES it?
