Johnnie Walker in the Diageo Archive

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  • čas přidán 26. 12. 2019
  • Ben Luening explores the history of Johnnie Walker in the Diageo Archive and tastes the core range with Jim Beveridge.
    Tasting 15:25
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Komentáře • 101

  • @jamiecompton8116
    @jamiecompton8116 Před 4 lety +10

    I wish Johnnie Walker Green Label had been part of the review. Johnnie Green is my favorite and a great blended malt.

  • @gman5986
    @gman5986 Před 4 lety +3

    Ben I have to say another amazing video of the history and heritage of an age old distillery! The musseumand lineage is absolutely mindblowing and looks like they saved virtually every document and possibly sales receipts! Thank you so much for producing and teaching us about the technology and history of distilling whiskey!......Happy Holidays to you and the family!............Slainte!

  • @christopherchristopher4482

    Superb video and conversation. Enjoyed it greatly.

  • @alphahoss1947
    @alphahoss1947 Před 4 lety +4

    Ok now that Ben & Mr Jim have gotten us warmed up it’s time to climb up the broader range of the Johnnie walker’s offerings into video part 2 & so on please !

  • @chrismcmahon5308
    @chrismcmahon5308 Před 4 lety +7

    Fantastic content, guys! Especially about the change of direction of the gentleman we have come to know on the front of every bottle of JW. I have never been a fan of the Red Label but every other label I have come to enjoy!

  • @weesky5222
    @weesky5222 Před 4 lety +4

    The johnnie walker "island green" label is one of my favorite.
    thx for this review.

  • @Tony-uc8mg
    @Tony-uc8mg Před 3 lety +5

    Jim "Beveridge" what a name for a master blender 😂 i enjoy the johnnie walker blue Beverage Jim 😉

  • @MrNiceKnife
    @MrNiceKnife Před 2 lety +1

    Great video. JW is what got me into scotch whiskey 🥃 the blue is very nice, subtle, complex, and enticingly smooth.

  • @ssunil4205
    @ssunil4205 Před 4 lety

    Very great video 📹

  • @adamschoedel8829
    @adamschoedel8829 Před 4 lety +34

    It's fun to watch Ben pretend he doesn't know what to expect as he tastes Johhnie Walker.

  • @zackg6444
    @zackg6444 Před 3 lety +2

    The Best Video I've watched on CZcams ever 👍👍👍Cheers with the Johnnie Walker Blue Label Legendary Eight 💙

  • @all4senna
    @all4senna Před 4 lety +3

    Remember the red label that Churchill for example used to drink, is not even close to what it is today. The only one worth it today (IMHO) is green label, but I personally grab a bottle of Highland Park, Laphroaig, or even Aberfeldy before going for a JW blend.

  • @themoefosho
    @themoefosho Před 4 lety +8

    People hate on JW, and while I'm not a huge fan, they have helped make the scotch industry what it is today. Interesting video.

    • @futuropasado
      @futuropasado Před 2 lety

      I don't think people hate it, maybe some because of its fame. They have 2 very nice products in quality/price. Black label and Green label.

  • @rudranildhar527
    @rudranildhar527 Před 2 lety

    jim beveridge Sir is Awesome as Person and Also A Master Blender ...... love You Sir ❤ @Dr Jim Beveridge

  • @900nrg
    @900nrg Před 2 lety

    any clue of what brand are those tasting glasses?

  • @reamondewit5892
    @reamondewit5892 Před 4 lety +2

    I loved the platinum label 18 yr old

  • @4ll4nb31l
    @4ll4nb31l Před 3 lety +1

    Squeezing a couple secrets out of the man. Ben 'like a boss' conquering another distillery. Thumbs up !

  • @ARCSTREAMS
    @ARCSTREAMS Před rokem

    some of those older bottles seem to have the same color of whisky as the newer ones , were they also using some coloring back then or were they using proper barrel aging techniques? yet for some reason now they need to use coloring to stay consistent why??

  • @gatomedico
    @gatomedico Před 3 lety +4

    The Green is the best! Period!

  • @hastensavoir7782
    @hastensavoir7782 Před 3 lety +1

    I don’t really drink, but that looks Fancy. 🥃

  • @happilyham6769
    @happilyham6769 Před 4 lety +3

    Black Label is what I drink most often. It's really my go to. But once in a while I'll pick up a bottle of what is in my opinion the best value blended whiskey, and that is Johnnie Walker Green Label (what I'm drinking while watching this). For 80 Canadian dollars, nothing beats it. It's almost as good as the Platinum Label which cost almost twice as much.

  • @gman5986
    @gman5986 Před 4 lety +5

    Ben did I hear that correctly @ 30:48 in the video that Johnny Walker has 1o Million Casks of whisky in their warehouses? That is unimaginable! Is that really possible?? Did you see those casks??

    • @dylanbrassel
      @dylanbrassel Před 4 lety +4

      I can believe that. If you think about it, every shop around you has Johnnie Walker whisky on the shelves. The same goes for where I stay. The amount of whisky they need to produce and export is insane! Black label is 12 years and they export millions of that bottle so just imagine how many are still maturing for next years bottling. Same for green etc.

    • @gman5986
      @gman5986 Před 4 lety

      @@dylanbrassel That's incredible!

  • @redflamelcd
    @redflamelcd Před 9 měsíci

    My go to is green label/island green. Love it

    • @Whiskycom
      @Whiskycom  Před 9 měsíci

      That is truly a great choice

  • @SarunasSt
    @SarunasSt Před 4 lety +3

    Month ago I tasted Red Label from 1985-1986. It was SO MUCH BETTER and not only drinkable, but very good and tasty! More abv, full body, creamy and smoky. You can never tell that it was Red Label. I just can wonder by how much was it better in Churchill time.

    • @Tomislav_B.
      @Tomislav_B. Před 4 lety +2

      I have a JW Red Label from 1967, cork stoper, reverse direction Walker... It's probably the best whisky I've ever tasted.

    • @riancreamer6904
      @riancreamer6904 Před 3 lety

      I hunt those old JW's down at auction. Best I've had was a Black from the 70's but the old Red's (even from the 90's) can be stunningly good for a blend.

  • @karldunne5595
    @karldunne5595 Před 4 lety +2

    King George V..... Is my favourite whisky!!.......................... 👍.

    • @kurjan1
      @kurjan1 Před 3 lety

      What you taste in King George the V today is what Blue Label used to taste like.

  • @pulsarl2c
    @pulsarl2c Před 4 lety +1

    If you're a whisky lover, JW Blue is the best blend you can ever get. Give it a try if you haven't!

  • @Angelof236
    @Angelof236 Před 4 lety +2

    JW black is a delicious sipping whisky, smoke and sherry just buy it.

  • @orion2250
    @orion2250 Před rokem

    Just saw a bottle of JW Black label "73" years on the bottom label..any ideas?

  • @macsporran
    @macsporran Před 3 lety +5

    A very interesting Video, however was obviously funded by Diageo, as everything was about the "malt" whisky part to the story. Elevating the whisky to "malt" status, where as the most part of the whisky is actually Grain.
    Tell me how many times was the phrase "Grain Scotch Whisky" used?

  • @900nrg
    @900nrg Před 3 lety +3

    19:57

    • @drax14QC
      @drax14QC Před 2 lety

      Hahahah he laughed so hard it’s like he couldn’t hold himself

  • @rdigital854
    @rdigital854 Před 4 lety

    Idc what anyone says I love single malts but jw whiskey is awesome

  • @garrafeiradodinis6765
    @garrafeiradodinis6765 Před 4 lety +1

    I think is time for JW invest more in % abv " 43% minimum " ideal 46%, natural collor, and more blend malts. Of corse JW is blending.

  • @TheDunateen77
    @TheDunateen77 Před 5 měsíci

    My uncle hula hula is 104 and he said the water was there to stretch the whiskey out and make it last nothing to do with taste,

  • @rab-cnesbit4181
    @rab-cnesbit4181 Před 4 lety +2

    Making me hame sick for auld killie, my dad loved red label, there is a lot of talisker in the blend , whisky is the best drink in the world, I wish there was a shop here in England that sold Scottish food I miss the kilmarnock shorts scotch pies , mothers pride Scottish plane loaf, slice sausage , tattie scones and bridies, tablet and macaroon bars, red cola.

    • @riancreamer6904
      @riancreamer6904 Před 3 lety

      Hey get ye sen up t'north Rab, tha might find a bit o'that there!
      Gi wee Jamesie a shout fer me, aye?

    • @rab-cnesbit4181
      @rab-cnesbit4181 Před 3 lety +1

      @@riancreamer6904 ❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @stefanosprokopis6974
    @stefanosprokopis6974 Před 3 lety +2

    Thats a lot of whiskey in one room. Not that it would last me long.

  • @victorgarcia4145
    @victorgarcia4145 Před rokem

    I cant with wind pipes hahaha
    But gold label reserved is the best!

  • @IluvinortheIneffable
    @IluvinortheIneffable Před 2 lety

    I saw the Blade Runner bottle lol

  • @happilyham6769
    @happilyham6769 Před 4 lety +8

    Red Label is absolute garbage. Meant for mixing and nothing more. But I don't think you can say anything negative about Black Label. It's just good. And Green Label is probably my favourite whiskey at that price point. It really is a very good whiskey.

  • @Yadavajay1998
    @Yadavajay1998 Před 3 lety

    What is your Instagram page sir?.

  • @smzig
    @smzig Před 4 lety +6

    Johnnie Walker Red is crap. The others are drinkable and decent but the Red was horrible when I tried it. Maybe better as a mixer or in coke or something. Glad I only bought a sample and not a whole bottle.

    • @Tomislav_B.
      @Tomislav_B. Před 4 lety +3

      It has its time and place... On the rocks, just as a quick aperitif it's equally good as a Ballantine's Finest, Famous Grouse, Dewar's white label, Grant's and other NAS blended scotch from bottom shelf. And with a good ginger ale it's actually really nice.

    • @felipeherrera6507
      @felipeherrera6507 Před 4 lety +2

      Sorry but is not crap, is in fact one of my cheap favorites, when my pockets are empty and i want whisky, the red is the word.

    • @smzig
      @smzig Před 4 lety

      @@felipeherrera6507 Hey man, if you like Red then more power to you. I'm not one to judge another's tastes. I personally can't stomach the stuff, I'd rather go dry or spend a couple bucks more on black.

  • @reubenhandel210
    @reubenhandel210 Před 4 lety +2

    Seeing all that old rare whiskey stored in an ultra bright display cabinet is depressing.
    I wonder why whiskey makers haven't switched to brown bottles like beer did? Marketing I guess

    • @Tomislav_B.
      @Tomislav_B. Před 4 lety +1

      Ballantine's Finest? Glenfiddich 12yo? Some of the Glenfarclas offerings? Lagavulin?

  • @johng.7560
    @johng.7560 Před 9 měsíci

    If Johnnie Walker put half the effort into making good scotch that they do in marketing, they might even be worth buying. Then again with millions of cocktail making grass hoppers already buying their swill, I don't see them changing any time soon. Actually it is a good thing so many people don't have a clue or else good scotch would be unaffordable.

  • @petrost1468
    @petrost1468 Před 4 lety

    Green Johnnie walker it's very good but price very high. The others Johnnie (red and black) not wort it. Teacher’s absolutely bigger for red and black Johnnie.

  • @googleSux
    @googleSux Před 2 lety

    Why are you so surprised about the blend being a secret/trademark? Do you know what's in Coca Cola or Heinz Ketchup? It is what it is, don't overthink it.

  • @kurjan1
    @kurjan1 Před 4 lety +2

    The Blue Label you buy today is an absolute disgrace when compared to Johnnie Walker Blue Label from the previous bottlings. I own a few cases of the old style bottle and this Christmas compared the two back to back. I was shocked at the flavour differences. I would never be able to recommend the new Blue Label. But if you can source the old bottles. Another planet and highly recommended.

  • @SpyvsSpy-yl9ip
    @SpyvsSpy-yl9ip Před 4 lety +8

    I've only had Johnny Red. To me it tasted terrible. Like burnt rubber or some type of chemical. There was absolutely nothing to be desired in that whisky. The JW Red is honestly the worst whisky i've ever tried in my life. I've heard the blue is good but there are so many other whiskys I want to try for that price before I would ever consider it

    • @adamschoedel8829
      @adamschoedel8829 Před 4 lety +4

      There are worse whiskies than Johhnie Walker Red, but not many. It's way over-rated for a cheap blend. Try some Johnnie Walker Green (blended malt). That's a whole other animal. It's pretty good.

    • @GuppyCzar
      @GuppyCzar Před 4 lety

      The only one worth drinking is Blue and its VASTLY overpriced. Walker is literally the lowest of the low in blended.

    • @rogerrabbit8756
      @rogerrabbit8756 Před 4 lety +2

      Green label is the best one. 15yr 3 blended single malts.

    • @smzig
      @smzig Před 4 lety

      Red is the worst they have. The others were decent enough but the red is just horrible.

    • @all4senna
      @all4senna Před 4 lety +2

      The red today, is definitely not the same red that say Winston Churchill used to drink...the only one worth it today (IMHO) is green label, great price, great malted blend

  • @davidowen2834
    @davidowen2834 Před 4 lety +1

    Like the video Ben especially on the history,but lets be honest red label is crap,Its nothing more than a mixer whisky.

  • @Ketjow
    @Ketjow Před 2 lety +1

    Sorry but it makes me laugh when I hear "sweetness" and "smokiness" repeated so many times concerning red label, nothing more really XD sweet + smoke liquid lol. It makes me laugh even more since this is only a mixer grade whisky and they are like trying to be super serious about it XD because you know - master blender is present, they cannot advertise it bad way xD. All the other Johnnie Walker whisky's are great, not hating or anything - it just made me laugh :p...

  • @goregeway8287
    @goregeway8287 Před 3 lety

    it's a, it's a, It's a drinkable whisky

  • @janhemony8630
    @janhemony8630 Před rokem

    'I realy like it the red label' Ben said ..... Ben is so polite😂 a complex experience with the master blender...

  • @catnapgee5357
    @catnapgee5357 Před 4 lety +5

    the green is a great whisky for the price.. the only worthy Johnnie walker, the rest are crap and not worth buying.. period!

  • @Tomislav_B.
    @Tomislav_B. Před 4 lety +3

    Johnnie Walker... A blended malt? Ben, your opening sentence starts with misinformation. Blended scotch whisky, blended malt, blended grain scotch... You known those differences and their definitions in the Scottish law?

  • @robocop1441
    @robocop1441 Před 4 lety +3

    green label is the only decent johnnie walker

    • @catnapgee5357
      @catnapgee5357 Před 4 lety +2

      amen to that

    • @all4senna
      @all4senna Před 4 lety +1

      YES!!!!

    • @karldelta
      @karldelta Před 4 lety +1

      The Blue is very good

    • @all4senna
      @all4senna Před 4 lety

      @@karldelta it is, but do you think it's worth the price? Sincerely asking?

    • @catnapgee5357
      @catnapgee5357 Před 4 lety +1

      @@karldelta well I have tried it, it is good but not as good as the green, and the price doesnt justify how good it is anyway

  • @apudegeest
    @apudegeest Před 4 lety +1

    The video feels and is marketing driven. I understand why jr.benedict can 't challenge mr.beverage, but he is talking about the recipe to much. In which he doesnt give any information the whisky nerds want.JW black is true to the old recipe, but if i taste a black from now against a 90's bottle ,there is a looot of difference. 90's is so much better

  • @GuppyCzar
    @GuppyCzar Před 4 lety +3

    Complete garbage dram. Took me twenty years to even try scotch again after having JW.

  • @TheJusnic82
    @TheJusnic82 Před 4 lety +10

    Seriously though JW is some of the worst whisky for price you can buy

    • @j-rb6363
      @j-rb6363 Před 4 lety +6

      For me the only one worth it is the green label.

    • @TheJusnic82
      @TheJusnic82 Před 4 lety +2

      @@j-rb6363 if you can find green for a dece price buy it

    • @adamschoedel8829
      @adamschoedel8829 Před 4 lety +1

      I agree with the other replies. Johhnie Walker Green is quite good (and a decent value). The rest are simply not so good, or overpriced.

    • @GuppyCzar
      @GuppyCzar Před 4 lety

      Total garbage. Anytime someone says the like it, it lets me know never to trust their opinion on anything.

    • @MadisonTen
      @MadisonTen Před 4 lety +8

      Black Label is excellent value for the complexity.

  • @TheJusnic82
    @TheJusnic82 Před 4 lety +8

    bahahahahahaha overpriced garbage

  • @chrismclaughlin4363
    @chrismclaughlin4363 Před 4 lety

    Johnnie walker is purely cooking whisky dont rate it at all

  • @philiploveswatcheswhiskies9832

    Great video master blender 😅 way 2 much water added sorry, Irish whiskey is much better , scotch is alot more harder to drink