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I love this whisky. Its fruity, smokey, and sweet which i like. Just bought 2 more bottles to add to my collection.
Hi Krunal Meher you said it! I’ll get my own bottle next time I travel. Cheers🥃🥃🥃
Mark
Thank you! One of a kind review for this product indeed!
I picked Island Green while passing DutyFree shop. I was concerned about what to expect of a NAS whiskey, once my standard is the original 15yo Green Label, and your explanation was very clear about each aged mix ranging from 11 up to 17 yo. Cheers from Brazil!
Thank you rterra! Let me know how you like it. Remember that is just a guess from the smell and taste, but I would be surprised if there were anything younger than 10 and I expect some older was added. Cheers back!🥃🥃🥃🥃
Mark
Winnipeg
Mark , great review. You made the island green sound as good as I've hoped it would be. Hope I can find one of these.
Always a pleasure to hear from you. Yes, I would say it’s a go for a frequent traveler or one with friends or family who do. If I only left the country once or twice a year I am not sure if I would buy it given the choices - that said for a 12-15 year old all malt at that price you’d have a hard time finding a single malt to beat it.
Cheers my friend🥃🥃🥃🥃
Mark
I love the Island Green and have been keeping the last few ounces in the bottle until my next trip where I can get a duty free replacement. I have a bottle of the regular Green label unopened on my shelf but have been holding off opening it. Your review tells me that they are different animals, so I think I will open it soon. I don't have to travel to replace it. Great review!
Hi Brian, I will surely follow suit in getting one next time I am airborne. Quite different they are, but also complementary. If it’s the newer one with the stark white strip you’ll find it very centrist and I dare say a slight shift towards Speyside.
Thanks for commenting! Let me know how you get on.
Cheers🥃🥃🥃
Mark
Finally a good review of a rarely mentioned JW that is excellent in my opinion. I have the regular green and love it but it just has a touch of smoke on the tail end. Island Green on the other hand is a slap in the face ( in a good way ) with massive Peat, Salt and Brine at least that was my feeling back when I tried it at a party over a year ago. It was also my introduction to Peat so it hit me harder but boy did it grow on me and now I will definitely pick up a 1L bottle at duty free next time I travel. I find with Lagavulin I get more smoke but with Island Green I get the salt, brine more,so. Funny, I was wondering recently why no one compared the two ( Green & Island ) in CZcams reviews so it's about time, Thanks Mark
Thanks Robert! Yes definitely the peatiest standard blend and would be a whopper to someone who hasn’t had peated Scotch before. I am really excited to hear your thoughts when you get one! The price is right. Well I lucked out thanks to a local subscriber and now friend who lent me the bottle, and I just happened to have reviewed the latest Green Label a couple weeks earlier. Let’s hope it continues to perform!
Cheers from Winnipeg🥃🥃🥃🥃
Mark
Just picked up a bottle Duty Free, opened it to let it breathe, beautiful peaty aroma. Great deal at $65 for a whole litre. Will have both this and the 15 yr reg green opened and ready for Christmas to compare the two and share with anyone after they are down below the neck. Cheers
Hi Robert Zemko well done! Great value in that one and the 15. You’ll find they also work well mixed, and if you have Caol Ila 12 or Talisker 10 you can bring out that smoke even more with a few drops.
Cheers and Merry Christmas🥃🥃🥃🥃
Mark
Great video from a fellow Canadian. I’m in Northern Ontario.
I picked up a bottle of the JW Island Green in January at a Duty Free in Mexico.
It was about $70 Cdn.
I have since enjoyed about half the bottle and I must say, I think this is my favourite whisky I’ve enjoyed at this price point. I love the peat, smoke, citrus, and coal flavours. It’s terrific.
My previous faves in that price range are Highland Park Viking Honour, Jura 12 year, Glenfiddich 15 year, and a few others.
Great video, just sharing my thoughts.
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Hi D Sheridan thanks so much! Green Label and Island Green are definite performers in the 50-100 dollar range. You may like Jane Walker if it’s available where you are - a tad less expensive and more malty sweetness for a change.
Check out Naked Malt(formerly Naked Grouse) for a superb inexpensive Sherry bomb.
Much appreciated!
Cheers🥃🥃🥃🥃
Mark
Love Island Green and grab a bottle every time I go through the Airport duty free! Some single malt snobs may frown but as a lover of single malt whiskeys this dram holds its own IMO
It is so tasty! You’re smart to close your ears to the JW haters.
Cheers Bob🥃🥃🥃
Mark
I think you absolutely hit all the nails right on the head, I find Island Green to be Caol Ila and Talisker forward, one having good age and perhaps the Talisker and others coming in a little younger for the young smoky peat and remaining bit of sweetness. At $60USD/$78CAD for a litre at our local DF, it's a great value if you're not already bringing back a mountain of other bottles! The standard Green Label is better, but for a nice smoky go-to, it's a great option. Obviously the "Island" part refers to Islay, but for whatever reason, I immediately think of warm crystal clear blue Caribbean waters when I think of "Island Green". Poolside or somewhere down in Cuba, Jamaica, or Barbados, I'm pretty sure a dram of Island Green would complete the scene!
Hi TJ and thanks for the epic comment! Glad we agree! Yes the price is on point for sure. That’s exactly why it took until now for me as there were always other bottles I wanted to get at duty free. Oh that is an enticing scene my friend. If I can I’ll hit Cuba or Jamaica next year, enjoy a cigar and some Island Green.
Cheers from Winnipeg🥃🥃🥃
Mark
Mark, great review! We need to organize a tasting night at The Toad somehow!
Hi! You know I love your whisky bar - I’ve been trying to contact - send me an email atmarkswhiskywhistle@gmail.com or a DM via Twitter or Instagram or FB!
Thanks!
Cheers🥃🥃🥃🥃
Mark
I just picked this one up on my travels... definitely more smoky! I think I enjoy Green Label 15 more, but it’s definitely not bad for the money. $92 CDN at Travel Retail for the bottle versus $80 for the standard 750ml bottle at LCBO
What a coincidence! Good call. Yes, all considered slightly less expensive, but except for the peat(which is very nice) a hair or two below the standard 15 all around. That said I hope the 15 doesn’t continue its shift towards speyside...I prefer highland plus Island!
Cheers Dylan🥃🥃🥃🥃
Mark
I really like the Green Label for the price, so I’d probably like this. Also a fan of Caol Ila and Clynelish. I hope you’re right about JW dialing back the E150a👍 I believe the Island Green was a little pricey when it first came out.
Hi H. Hemphill! Thanks for commenting - that’s what my eyes tel me but ... I am getting older! 🤣 that is likely. Seems not much more than the 750 15 Year now.
Cheers from Winterpeg🥃🥃🥃🥃
Mark
Thank you for the review. I am a fan of green label. I keep passing green island in the duty free store and was curious about the difference between the two. It sounds like green island could have been called double green😄.
Hello Chris excellent comment my friend! Absolutely right that would have been an apt name for Island Green!
Let me know what you think of it when you get one.
Cheers🥃🥃🥃
Mark
Hello. I am from india and I tried this year back exclusive at duty free. This whisky is a big flavour festival leading them is smokiness,brine,berries,aromatic fruity notes in background married beautifully with spices. Lovely peat in this. I like it more over Green label
I love your interpretation! What else do you enjoy?
Cheers🥃🥃🥃
Mark
@@WhiskyWhistle Sorry for the delayed reply. My preference now a days is Ardbeg 10, Bowmore 10 , Amrut amalgam along with Island green n Monkey shoulder. I would try Talisker n Cardhu soon. Cheers sir
I like the Island Green, and always pick up a bottle when passing through an international airport, but I still prefer the standard Green Label. The extra peat in the Island Green seems to tone down the complexity from the 15 year.
Hi Frank! My sentiments exactly. Nice for peat lovers but for full spectrum whisky lovers(I just coined that) it is not quite as good.
Cheers from Winnipeg🥃🥃🥃🥃
Mark
Green (15) and Platinum (18) are my favorite Johnnie Walker offerings.
Go Habs sorry to keep you hanging - the platinum is very nice. Have you tried the revamped 18 year old yet?
Cheers my friend🥃🥃🥃🥃
Mark
@@WhiskyWhistle I picked up a 5 x 50 ml sample pack recently. The Blue was a huge disappointment, really enjoyed the 18. NOT sure what version it was. CHEERS!
Great Review! Please do a review on The Glenrothes Robur Reserve which is my favourite at the moment.
Hi Bernard! I do love Glenrothes. If I can find it, I’ll review it. Thanks for the recommendation👍
Cheers from Winnipeg🥃🥃🥃
Mark
I've read that the older JW Green was smokier than the more recent JW Green. Your review seems to confirm this. I assume the Island Green has more Talisker than the old Green. Great review!
Hi Alan great comment! Yes indeed you are right especially for the -1 version - just before Island Green came out - was definitely peatier. And yes more Talisker and Caol Ila for Island Green. It’s great and a nice price for the big boy 1 litre.
Tell me your thoughts when you get one! I’ve a 2019 Green Label review up too you can check out.
Cheers from Winnipeg🥃🥃🥃🥃
Mark
@@WhiskyWhistle Well, your Green reviews (the recent one and the 2 years old one) really flesh out the history of the Green label. As it turns out, my father and I both bought bottles so we could compare notes, but he got the less peated one and I the more peated one. Thanks again!
Great review. Island green is my fav JW! Unfortunately, it is only available in Duty Free. Do you know of any place that sells it locally in Canada? Do you have another scotch that would come close to it?
Thank you. During Covid, I saw it and other duty-free only bottles sold in regular shops. As for similar bottles, you may want to look at the douglas Lang blended Malt series, especially Rock Island, and also Gauldrons. I have a feeling that you will like these two. Although I have them, I haven’t gotten to reviewing them yet. Cheers.🥃🥃🥃🥃
@@WhiskyWhistle thank you so much. Looking forward for more reviews.
Yep, it was amazing, but, extremely hard to find.
I hope they put Island Green in regular retail soon. Cheers🥃🥃🥃🥃
@@WhiskyWhistle Salut! Plus, have an awesome New Year!
The Island Green looks like a one Litre bottle... Is it a travel exclusive?
Yessir It’s a one litre!
Cheers FQ🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃
Mark
And yes, a duty free exclusive.
I think Foodquig didn’t watch my video as I clearly stated it was duty free LOL 😂
@@WhiskyWhistle I sometimes get distracted and don't remember every word of a 16 minute video...
Just ribbing you buddy! 🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃
According to label there is no Talisker
The malts on the label are the highlighted malts - keep in mind this is a variation on a theme so likely 50-60% usual green label(but perhaps younger) and then 40-50% the Caol ila and etc. (Clynelish, cardhu, Glenkinchie…)
Cheers🥃🥃🥃
Mark