Since 1945, Johnnie Walker Red has been the worlds best selling whisky. How did it get to number 1? This dram comparison compares a 70's Johnnie Red to a 2020's bottle bought in 2022. Diageo prides itself on consistency between years - but over half a century the differences accumulate. Here is a blind tasting - should be easy to pick the older bottling or maybe not....
In classic Australian style, this whisky has absolutely rippled flavour out of its cask. However, while I was expecting spiky youth in the spirit and the abv, it drinks with a maturity and ease that belies these facts. I have since bought two bottles. Absolutely delicious and as good, if not better, than it’s Scotch peers