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Winner of 12 awardsJohnnie Walker
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Johnnie Walker Red Label Whisky was created 1909 and is a classic blended whisky, a great mixer and back bar favourite.
Winner of 12 awards
Don't drink it alone it's not nice just a cheap (ish) blended whisky. There are worse but all these sub 20 quid blends don't really offer you that type of drinking experience, it's the no 1 whiskey in the world remember but mainly due to the fact it's best with ice and a mixer I like if with ginger beer personally, and for that function it does job. On its own, I've had worse, but not something you would grab for a mellow wind down or to enjoy with a cigar, it's just it that sort of scotch,
I'm a Jack Daniel kind of guy, but I went ahead and bought Johnnie Walker for the sake of trying something different. Big mistake. This whiskey has a very weird aftertaste. So far I mixed it with different types of sodas and it still taste weird. Never again! And NO, I'm not a Scotch snob...just a regular Joe here.
Only someone who doesn't know jack $hit about scotch would give Johnnie Red a bad review. And fyi the "smoke" is very faint, nobody normal would consider this "really smokey". Best scotch for the price, hands down. Bushmills??!!?? Jameson??!!?!?!? Famous grouse??!?!?!?! Just stop.
I get the relatively high score given by Jim Murray and totally agree. This has improved enourmously. The nose felt like almost black label level of quality; the taste and after taste ditto, only younger, more "immature" but also very dynamic, robust and entertaining. I am quite stunned...what happened?..Talisker malt and Caol Isla maltwere evident, the grains much better behaved,(I suspect the overall wood policy has been improved for red label),some speyside elegance was there and some very nice earthy and windswept saltyness (that would be the inclusion of the isla, islands and coastal malts)and finally som nice sweetness (my theory:that element comes from the Cardhu malt). Wow. Lots going on.
My interest in scotch is just starting to grow, so I try anything to culture my palate; doesn't matter if it has good or bad reviews. Didn't quite appreciate my money's worth when I tried this alone, but it's amazing with root-beer or cream soda (amazing as in, I'd make it a point to keep a bottle of this in my room, if just to mix.) -M.G. (MNL, Philippines)
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