An Improved Johnnie Walker Experience

An Improved Johnnie Walker Experience

Sunday, 19 May 2024 at 2:00PM
The Last Word
£45
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Overview

Join fellow whisky enthusiasts for a social, informal, inclusive break-even whisky tasting.

The theme of this tasting is a deconstruction of the ubiquitous Johnnie Walker Red Label blended scotch whisky, featuring integrity expressions of the so-called "Four Corners of Scotland" that compose Johnnie Walker Red, as well as two old expressions of JW Red itself.

The Lineup

This tasting is comprised of 7 drams in 20ml measures.

The Lineup

  1. Johnnie Walker Red Label 40% from the 1930’s   👀

  2. Johnnie Walker Red Label 40% from the 1970’s

  3. Glenkinchie 15yr “The Manager’s Dram” 60.1%

    • Single cask / refill bourbon hogshead
    • Bottled in November 2010, exclusively for Diageo employees and VIPs

  4. Cardhu 11yr 56.6% distillery hand-fill

    • Vatting of ex-bourbon casks (likely 1st-fill)
    • Distilled in 2012, bottled in 2023
    • Batch 2023/002

  5. Clynelish 15yr 2008 57.4% from Gordon & MacPhail

    • Single cask / refill bourbon barrel (cask #306222)
    • Distilled in 2008, bottled in May 2023
    • Bottled exclusively for the Gordon & MacPhail retail shop in Elgin
    • 1 of 183 bottles

  6. Caol Ila 30yr 1983 51.6% from Signatory Vintage

    • Single cask / bourbon hogshead (cask #5288)
    • Distilled on Nov 8th, 1983, bottled on July 2nd, 2014
    • Bottle #102 of 187 bottles

  7. Caol Ila 7yr 2016 57.3% from Fragrant Drops

    • Single cask (cask #300564)
    • 5.5 years maturation in a refill bourbon hogshead
    • Finished for 1.5+ years in a 1st-fill palo cortado sherry hogshead
    • Distilled on Jan 18th, 2016, bottled on March 24th, 2023

Johnnie Walker Red Label 40% 1930's

Johnnie Walker Red Label 40% 1970's

Glenkinchie 15yr “The Manager's Dram” 60.1%

Cardhu 11yr 56.6% distillery hand-fill

G&M Clynelish 15yr 2008 57.4%

Signatory Caol Ila 30yr 51.6%

Fragrant Drops Caol Ila 7yr 57.3%

Ethos

My tastings are geared toward whisky enthusiasts, but they're also designed to be fun, unintimidating, and inclusive of a diverse group of nice people. I'll make zero profit from this tasting. I just want to bring people together and open some silly whiskies that would otherwise be hoarded or flipped for profit.

Event Schedule

The tasting will start promptly at 2:00pm. Any presentational aspects of the tasting will wrap up by 4:30pm. The venue will reopen to the public at 5pm, but we can remain in the space for as long as we want to.

The Venue