Johnnie Walker Gold Label Reserve Scotch Whisky Review

Johnnie Walker Gold Reserve

Our Johnnie Walker review series continues with one of the newest members of the brand’s permanent lineup, Johnnie Walker Gold Label Reserve.  Until 2013, there was Johnnie Walker Gold Label 18 Year Old.  That’s been dropped from the lineup and Diageo added this no-age statement blend and Johnnie Walker Platinum Label, aged 18 years.  We’ll get to a comparison between the two Gold Labels here at AdventuresInWhiskey.com soon enough.  JW Gold Reserve is a blended Scotch whisky, containing several malts, like Clynelish, blended with grain whiskies.  The result is a creamy take on the Johnnie Walker house style.

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Johnnie Walker Red Label Scotch Whisky Review

Johnnie Walker Red

Johnnie Walker Red Label is the brand’s entry level whisky.  Like all Johnnie Walker releases, this is a blended Scotch whisky.  No age statement and a pretty low price leads me to think JW Red Label is a young whisky.  According to owner Diageo’s product information sheet, Johnnie Walker Red Label is the world’s best selling whisky.  Red Label is a blend of 30 young malt and grain whiskies, and is designed to be a mixer.

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Johnnie Walker Green Label Scotch Whisky Review

Johnnie Walker Green Label is the odd one of the bunch.  It is a blended malt whisky, whereas all other Johnnie Walker whiskies are blended whiskies.  Blended whiskies contain malt and grain whiskies.  Blended malt whiskies are strictly a blend of malt whiskies.  There’s no grain whisky to be found in this bottle.  A quick internet search reveals Johnnie Walker Green Label is a mix of Talisker, Linkwood, Cragganmore and Caol Ila single malts, all aged at least 15 years.  In late 2013, Diageo, owners of the Johnnie Walker brand, announced a discontinuation of Green Label to all markets except Taiwan.  In 2015, Johnnie Walker Green Label started showing up on shelves here in the U.S. in small numbers.  This could be a limited run, however, as JW Green isn’t listed as part of the Johnnie Walker lineup on their website.

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