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Blended
Johnnie Walker
Scotland
Johnnie Walker Red Label Whisky was created 1909 and is a classic blended whisky, a great mixer and back bar favourite.
A surprisingly rich, aromatic nose with heather honey, mixed peels, soft smoke and rum spice.
Cedar wood, oak and butterscotch, aniseed, Christmas cake and malt.
Long, spiced nose with smoke on the tail.
£14.16 - £233.00
I tried this in a blind tasting a long time ago and thought it tasted of lighter fluid. Trying it again (my son had bought a bottle) I thought it okay, pretty straightforward, a little tobacco-y undertone, but no real duration on the palate, it kind of announces itself and very quickly leaves. So, okay; nothing terrible; nothing especially negative; it just lacks what certain better whiskies possess
I'd always buy this because it's a decent blended scotch, but once they switched to plastic bottled, I switched back to Dewars. Cheap scotch comes in cheap plastic bottles. If you don't think that packaging matters, give your wife her anniversary present in a plastic grocery bag and watch her reaction. Same for me at the liquor store.
I can't say many of the reviews here surprise me. There's an awful lot of whiskey snobs out there! I don't think there's a better whiskey out there for the money and better than some at twice the price. For $25 or less you get a nice, smooth blend with a decent nose and flavors. I personally like a whiskey that hasn't had all the character blended out of it just to make it smooth. After single-malt prices became (for me) prohibitive, I re-discovered the basic blends like JWR, JWB and Dewars 12. My ego doesn't care, just my taste buds.
I could talk about how the nose lacks brine and fruit cake, I could say that this whisky is bad because it hasn’t got toffee apple or dried fruit for a taste or that the finish doesn’t linger and doesn’t have the long smoky finish. I could say lots about what this scotch doesn’t have like many on here, but I won’t.....instead I’ll say what it does have. It has a smell of standard whisky, tastes like standard whisky and gets you sozzled like standard whisky. This isn’t for drinking with friends for you all to appreciate it’s mellow, lingering flavour. This is for drinking a big tumbler’s worth after a long day’s work on a Wednesday just to take the edge off. And it does it well. So no hate for this drink. Taste isn’t bad and does what you’d expect it to for the price.
I used to have a friend who said there is drinking whisky ( Blended ) and there is sipping whisky ( Malt ) also there is NFS whisky ( not for sharing cause it is the best). This is every day drinking whisky which can be mixed and shared. A hint of smoke and if I am honest and not drinking with my eyes like a lot of these revues , very drinkable during the week. You can come home after a very stressful day . pour one of these with a drop of coke and just chill. Fantastic o !!!!!!!!!!