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Did anyone else notice that while tasting the Gold Brianna asked Daniel if they were already mouthing it, and Daniel said "yeah". This is a legitimate acknowledgment by Daniel that "mouthing" is in fact a real word. Sorry Daniel, you lost the bet, you owe Rex that fancy lunch now.
I am here to defend Daniel and say that his "yeah" was just a very delayed and late response to Rex saying "There's a balance to it I think" you can tell by the intonation of his voice. He goes "yyyyeeaaah" drawn out because he is implying that he only partially agrees with Rex's statement. It took him longer to respond because he was tasting the Gold. I guarantee his mind didn't even process Brianna say he mouthed it because he was focusing on the tasting and the last thing he heard before drinking it was what Rex had asserted. Sincerely, Daniel's legal council
@@Narrowcros I agree. Probably say Red at £15, Black at £20, Green at £32 are all fair. I for one don't think Black 12 yr is as bad as today's video had it.
Whiskey prices in the States can fluctuate pretty significantly. Where I live a bottle of Green runs about $70-80 USD, but in the state where my mother lives it's about $20 cheaper.
I usually go for green for sipping as gold and platinum are too expensive for me to afford, I've not tried red as apparently it's very harsh, so said a friend, and black I buy from time to time as a nice one for a mixer, although over rocks I can still drink it. I need to try double black but I doubt it's worth the money.
Oh, this episode is so my jam. Several years ago, I was designated to cook at a friends get-together and while in the middle of stirring a roux, said friend ask me what I wanted to drink. I said my usual, a stiff pore of Scotch over packed ice with just a teeny splash of water. He delivered and when I sipped said Scotch while still focusing on stirring the roux, I said to him, “You son of a bitch, I don’t deserve Blue Label.”
We did this at home for my birthday one year with a group of 12 guys. Was super fun. We ended up with double black and green as our fairly unanimous top picks. Blue also didn’t stand out. But we did a better job of picking out red than you guys did, LOL!
It's not about picking it out, its just that the guys are bourbon drinkers for the most part and like something that bites back and 40% abv smoothed out blended scotch simply didn't do it for them
@@guillelazza I wouldn't say they are bourbon drinkers first. Infact I'm pretty sure Daniel has said numerous times he started with malt whiskey (scotch) regardless, you are right in saying it's about preference and not about picking out the flavours. I would say that someone whom drinks Jonnie regularly would pick the order. I don't think these guys drink it often at all as they have way nicer options available.
@@Vlammenzee That would make a difference. In the state run liquor stores here in VA, the Green is $70.00. The Black is $40.00 I can get Ardbeg and Laphroig for less than $70
Blind tastings are the absolute best. Reveal what you actually like without marketing bias. I also much prefer Red to Black for the same reasons Daniel mentioned, much more character and interesting. Green and Blue are also excellent and i'll always have a Green in the collection, never had the 18 but some day. Hey guys, please do a blind tasting of Dewars 12, Grand Old Par 12, Buchannan's 12, and Chivas 12! For a curve ball throw in Red label, Dewars White, and J&B or Cutty Sark while you're at it!
I’ve had so many people side-eye me when I tell them I prefer Red Label to Black Label. Thank you for validating me!😂. Gonna have to try Green, Gold, and Platinum sometime!
i love red more then black and for some reason black couldn't got me drunk at all even full bottle but red half bottle could drown me ( sorry for bad english)
What a fun video. It's wild that Red performed as well as it did. I've done two blind tastings of the JW line. Both times, I liked Platinum (18) the best, and Blue the second best. Green & Gold performed well. Most interesting was the 2xBlack, which got last at one tasting, and got 3rd place the other tasting. Doing more than one blind tasting of the same stuff taught me that your palate and preferences really do change on different days.
I still feel Red Label is a very good whisky *for the price* and considering how widely available it is. Totally happy to drink it neat if out at a bar somewhere and not trying to run up a tab. May not be the most exciting but no off flavours that bother me either, just goes down easy. And frankly I'll take it over the Black any time given it's half the price here
Yeah. My first scotch was Red Label and my second was Black Label. I paid pretty much exactly twice as much for Black, but it certainly was not twice as good. I definitely would rather spend just a little bit more to get a single malt over Black if I really want scotch.
OMG!!! Thank you!! So glad you guys are doing more videos like this! It’s so helpful to have a good suggestion on which bottle to try from a big brand’s line up. You’re all awesome.
I bought a bottle of blue around christmas as they had it on sale and were doing custom messaging and came with some rocks glasses. Great sale, but I was very underwhelmed for the price. Smooth, but boring and not complex
I've never really liked whisky but these videos have me buying multiple bottles and trying a glass of them each because I want to like them with how you guys describe them.
Shhhhh we shouldn’t tell him not to buy all these bottles in fact someone make friends with this guy he can obviously afford lots of good whiskey but it seems like he needs a “tasting buddy” to bounce off his own tasting notes
@@navypilot47 yeah probably, but I work nights and the thoughts of going out during the day to a bar and drinking just sound depressing 🤣 I just end up giving them to my friends if I don't like it.
The beat advice I could give is to keep trying, and if you already have multiple bottles, try mixing them up and trying to guess which is which (for example, have someone else pour a glass of a random bottle and try to figure out what they poured) and eventually you'll get there. I'm still trying to find stuff other people find easily, and I just started drinking 2 years ago. But there is nothing like that first time you get a flavor!! The first time I tasted caramel in Woodford Reserve Fouble Oaked... 🤯 I just kept looking at the glass like "How did Werthers Originals get in my glass?!!" So awesome!
I’m glad Red fared well here! I’ve always thought it was underrated. For the price, I love what it does with character. It has a deeply meaty and smokey nose to it that just pulls me in. There is a real umami to it. It does fall apart at the finish though.
Johnnie Walker Double-Black was my first Scotch experience, and all I can say is that looking back I feel like I went straight for the jugular with Scotch. I hated it. It was too bitter and had this awful crushed velvet taste that put me off Scotch for awhile. Granted, I was coming from bourbon, which is way sweeter tasting, and so the bitterness of the smoked peat in Scotch threw me for a loop, doubly so since the Double-Black is all about amplifying those qualities in the whisky. Eventually I was persuaded to buy some Chivas Regal since I wanted to give another Scotch brand a go, and while I don't think Scotch is going to replace bourbon for my go-to whiskey, I did love the Chivas, which brought me back to trying JW's Red Label, which is still motor oil compared to good whisky, but I think if I were to try Double-Black again I might actually like it. Point is, start with something that balances the sweetness of bourbon with the smoky peat flavor of Scotch, otherwise you might end up hating it like I did the first time I drank it.
That was so interesting to see for me as I really enjoy JW and always return to it after a few single malts. The only surprise to me really was that the red label ended up so high, however the explanation made total sense. Green and platinum also are my two favorites. And blue is not a surprise at all. I had the exact same feeling the one time I tried it. Since I felt like I became a fan of JW I wanted to experience what the "top of the line" tastes like and got myself a small bottle. And it was an utter disappointment. Not because it would be bad, but it was not as good as green and platinum and waaaay too expensive for what it delivered.
I have all of those except Platinum. I asked my roommate to do the same test... and my results are literally reversed. I enjoyed the smoother less gum bitey elements of Blue a lot, it's kinda like it evaps on your tongue. The Green is nice, but I rarely use it unless it's like Christmas time, colder outside. And and the Red makes my nose tingle.
I have a couple Jonnie's and I definitely agree if you want more punch and stand out flavor, the younger can better. Blue is very smooth and mellow which if you want flavors to stand out that isn't the play for sure. Black is my current favorite but now I am curious on platinum.
I have never been much of a fan of JW, but most of my exposure has been to Black. I did have an acquaintance treat me to some Blue one evening and was internally conflicted that I did not really enjoy what was a presumably top shelf offering. I do have a bottle of Gold Reserve that was gifted to me and I find it at least reasonable, and I do like the Game of Thrones white/blue bottle. I would consider a bottle of Green but it runs the same price as Dalmore and Oban in my area so not much chance of that happening. Nice video!
I got myself a JW discovery pack and sampled black, double black, gold, ultimate 18 and blue in that order. I remember being so impressed with the ultimate 18 amd was beyond stoked to see how the blue stacked up. And I was so wildly disappointed. It just fell so flat. On the plus side I will never feel the need to buy a bottle of blue. And the better tasting 18 year is half the price where I live.
Blue is absurdly overrated and overpriced for what it is. My local whisky bar used to have a flight of trying half-ounces of 3 high-end bottles to learn about them ... I'm pretty sure they just had that to educate people against Blue, because comparing it to Macallan 18 or Highland Park 18 really drove home the point that it has no business retailing for quite a bit more than them.
I'm just glad my two favorite Johnnie Walker bottles did so well! I suggest trying to find the sampler pack in a liquor store, often it's hidden behind the cashier. It can even come with the blue if you can find the damn thing! At a bar however, I keep an eye out for the Platinum and Green labels. 🖖😎🥃
Blind tasting is actually soo entertaining! Thank you guys. You're who I'm discovering whiskey with! A fun story about JW. My partners dad used to drink red label quite often. He poured me some during our early days to "test" whether I liked whiskey (or man enough) I assume, but I found it rough and not worth it. I explained that I've had JW gold and that in contrast it's hard to drink red label but to no avail. I bought him a bottle of gold label that year and since then, he has not bought or drank red label again. In fact, gold is the only one he will drink of JW :)
Really enjoy your videos, I've just started my first job in Whisky in a tasting room for a new distillery. I've learned so much from your videos and am passing that knowledge on to people trying whisky's for the first time. Thanks for putting in the hard work!
I got the Blue as a gift from a friend. who loves Scotch. I also do not like it at all but I am primarily a bourbon/rye drinker. The flavor I get is green apples that you sprinkled sugar and vinegar on and let them sit in the fridge overnight and served them in an ashtray that was full of cigarettes that you recently dumped out of it but didn't clean it....if that makes sense.
I'm glad blue was toward the bottom because it was always one of the bottles that I wanted, mostly because it was a statement piece in the collection. When I finally got one, I was disappointed. Good to know I'm not crazy in thinking that.
WOW!!! Breonna has come a LONG way in her tasting adventures. I still remember her first few tasting vids....and this is a complete 180 from those. She actually enjoys it now. I love the Fellas, but she puts all the vids over the top. LOVE IT!!!
"Breonna" is a black inner city/ghetto name for blacks who name their kids weird ass shit with weird ass spellings to basically indicate they don't want to assimilate and be a part of American/Western culture (so fuck them). She is spelled Brianna.
Thanks for this episode. I only had few JW’s inthe past, and I never bought a bottle yet. Glad to see this comparison so I will know which one to buy if I have the occasion!
I prefer sweetness over smoke/peat so the Blue and Double Black dropped a little bit for me. My order would be 18, Green, Gold, Blue, Black and Double Black. I haven't tried the Red but I might like the medicinal taste.
Platinum, best Johnny and the best Johnny bottle as well! My favourite and listening to the first tasting blind while doing other stuff I picked out that Daniel was describing Platinum before I saw what it was!
At the end of the day, none of the big brands are ever going to be bad. Otherwise they wouldn't be popular. We also need to keep in mind, these guys have drunk tons of whiskey variants. anything that's great but nothing that sticks out a whole lot might be perfectly enjoyable for an everyday drinker but pretty boring for a person that's drunk 500 different whiskeys. So their impression won't necessarily match anybody's personal taste. I personally enjoy some whiskeys more than the big brands, but I've never had a Johnny Walker or Jack Daniels and went "yuck" (Which is very much my reaction to Sierra Tequila now, although to be fair, even in that brand there's decent stuff as long as it's 100% agave). So while I'm curious about their reactions, I don't necessarily think my reaction would be the same. I don't have access to so many different types of whiskey, since sometimes I can't find an importer or just don't want to spend the amount of money to try so much stuff. And unfortunately I also don't really know any good whiskey bars where I could try some more exotic ones as a glass instead of a bottle. Most places around where I live now are sponsored by Johnny Walker so they usually only have one or two more expensive bottles for enthusiasts but never any real selection of anything. So my experience will never match theirs. Every whiskey I try will be different any interesting to me. I'll never get to a point where I tried so many that any other one will just be "boring". Ok.. except for Jameson... that one is pretty boring :P
That Blue sells for $360 + where I live in Canada. The Platinum goes for $170, while the Green $110. What I "cut my teeth on" was Johnnie Walker Red Label. It was easy to drink and bars had it on hand.
Cool. Double black has always been my least favourite too. By a long way. Next would be red, then blue. Then black label, which I always have a bottle at home as one of my essentials, since it is priced fairly well and works well both as a mixer and as an easy sipper. Next up the ranks I'd have gold label, then 18 y/o, then green gets the win (and also a permanent place on my shelf). Overall somewhat consistent with your findings, you magnificent bastards.
This is the way to do a whisky test. I totally agree on Platinum (favorite), Green (my third favorite), Gold (my second one) and Blue (not my liking at all) but I would have pushed up Double Black above Red and as well Black above Red but hey, maybe I do a blind test myself as I have all the bottles to see if I still agree with myself
We've tried Black, Red and I think we got a sample of Double Black, and we went with Red. We might consider Green but we can't find Platinum around here so that'd be our limit.
Green is my favorite Jonny Walker to date. Have not had the opportunity to try blue label or platinum yet. Also don’t mind the sweet peat that I got duty free last trip out of the country.
I always pined for the Blue, but, when I tried it, I was a little disappointed, for the price point it didn't live up to the hype. Whole heartedly agree, the Green is their best!
Im a blue lable guy, Ive tried almost all the Walker line up and blue was definitely my go-to right after Red. Which is ironic because Blue is super pricey and red is incredibly cheap, but they're both so good in my opinion.
I fully expected that the majority of Johnnie Walker Black, Double Black, and the Blue label bottles would be placed in the same general range compared to the other bottles and that's exactly what happened.
A quick question I can't seem to find an answer for. Once you decant a whisky, Rum or brandy from the wood cask, does it still continue to to age and change its flavor & nose?
I've tried red, black, green and gold. and also thought green was the best of them, now I want to try platinum as you had pretty much the same opinion about the other 4 as I did. black was the worst and green the best for me
Johnnie Walker Red and Black were some of the first sample bottles I tried when getting into whiskey, and I definitely preferred the Red. Nice to be in good company.
I really got into whiskey after doing a Johnnie walker tasting. I bought a gold label and a talisker dark storm that was there. I love the green label and feel like it is one of their best renditions with a intersting flavor profile!
Can you guys help me decide between JW black 12 year and Chivas Regal 12 year? You mentioned Chivas 12 was a step up from Monkey Shoulder and I know you guys speak pretty highly of MS. Does that make Chivas 12 better than JW black? To my palate they are similar in quality, one smokier one more of a speyside, both have hint of grain bitterness.
The appeal of Blue, aside from the marketing, is its "smoothness"; that boringness they mentioned. It is not a bottle for people who like whiskey. Is it a bottle for people who rarely drink whiskey to have something with no burn or overpowering nose or mouth feel. Blue is essentially a gateway scotch for wealthy or pretentious people who regularly drink vodka. Just my opinion. YMMV.
Completely agree with platinum and green being at the top. Im curious how the recent addition to the range - Johnny walker blonde, would fit in. Im putting it in the top 3.
Howdy tribe, my second ever scotch, but almost had in tandem with glenmorrangie 10, was black walker but it doesn't resonate with me. Perhaps it's the peat because on the black I mostly taste just a thick lingering smoke and a bit of earthy malty funk. I think the smoke isn't for me (disclaimer that I do smoke cigars on occasion but not super full strength ones)
Thank you for this! I've never tried Johnny Walker. There are so many, it's been overwhelming on where to start. Now I know! And Rex uses Field Notes!! Excellent choice, sir!
I am just getting into whisky, so I haven't tried all of these bottles yet. But I found it interesting that i prefer the black label to the red. I can't wait to try some others and see how they compare.
I have a bottle of JW Black (kept in the JW Blade Runner Director's Cut Bottle). It's meh followed by damp ash. Honestly it is only drunk after I've blown out my taste buds. I don't get what people see in it.
I tasted the Double Black when it first came out and it had some really nice Bourbon notes, both on the nosing and the "mouthing". I rebought a bottle a few years later and either my flavor profile changed or it did. It lost almost everything and the finish was terrible. I've never been a fan of the Blue label, it didn't match my flavor profile at all. I will have to try the Green and Platinum now though. For research purposes!!
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Im really curious how you would rate the famous grouse line-up. Theay are my absolute favorite
What happened to your challenge coins in the online merch store?? I've been wanting to get one for mooonths and they're just always not available.
Did anyone else notice that while tasting the Gold Brianna asked Daniel if they were already mouthing it, and Daniel said "yeah". This is a legitimate acknowledgment by Daniel that "mouthing" is in fact a real word. Sorry Daniel, you lost the bet, you owe Rex that fancy lunch now.
Poor Daniel. We all knew he never stood a chance.
Undeniable
I am here to defend Daniel and say that his "yeah" was just a very delayed and late response to Rex saying "There's a balance to it I think" you can tell by the intonation of his voice. He goes "yyyyeeaaah" drawn out because he is implying that he only partially agrees with Rex's statement. It took him longer to respond because he was tasting the Gold. I guarantee his mind didn't even process Brianna say he mouthed it because he was focusing on the tasting and the last thing he heard before drinking it was what Rex had asserted. Sincerely, Daniel's legal council
I have it on good authority that Daniel feels this is playground bullying and not fair play
R u sub’d?
You can occasionally get the Green for like £32 in England at a supermarket. Excellent deal at that price.
Kinda the only one worth it for its price
@@Narrowcros I agree. Probably say Red at £15, Black at £20, Green at £32 are all fair. I for one don't think Black 12 yr is as bad as today's video had it.
Whiskey prices in the States can fluctuate pretty significantly. Where I live a bottle of Green runs about $70-80 USD, but in the state where my mother lives it's about $20 cheaper.
I usually go for green for sipping as gold and platinum are too expensive for me to afford, I've not tried red as apparently it's very harsh, so said a friend, and black I buy from time to time as a nice one for a mixer, although over rocks I can still drink it. I need to try double black but I doubt it's worth the money.
@@spartan1347981 gold is ok but green has more to it, and yaah not worth the price
"Your own elbow doesnt work?",....."I dont know I forgot I had them" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Brianna's too hilarious
Oh, this episode is so my jam. Several years ago, I was designated to cook at a friends get-together and while in the middle of stirring a roux, said friend ask me what I wanted to drink. I said my usual, a stiff pore of Scotch over packed ice with just a teeny splash of water. He delivered and when I sipped said Scotch while still focusing on stirring the roux, I said to him, “You son of a bitch, I don’t deserve Blue Label.”
We did this at home for my birthday one year with a group of 12 guys. Was super fun. We ended up with double black and green as our fairly unanimous top picks. Blue also didn’t stand out. But we did a better job of picking out red than you guys did, LOL!
It's not about picking it out, its just that the guys are bourbon drinkers for the most part and like something that bites back and 40% abv smoothed out blended scotch simply didn't do it for them
@@guillelazza I wouldn't say they are bourbon drinkers first. Infact I'm pretty sure Daniel has said numerous times he started with malt whiskey (scotch) regardless, you are right in saying it's about preference and not about picking out the flavours. I would say that someone whom drinks Jonnie regularly would pick the order. I don't think these guys drink it often at all as they have way nicer options available.
@@guillelazzaI don’t think they really are bourbon-heads. I think they’re peat-heads.
I love how Briana takes a drink to rate them, then another drink once she knows what it is.
Green Label is my favorite out of all. Extremely easygoing and enjoyable.
Aye, out of all the jw's green is my favourite as well.
I do enjoy the Green the best.
I would agree, but for the price point there are many others that I can get that to me are so much better.
@@ronswansonsalterego8533 that all depends on where you are, here you can find jw green for €35-40 ($45ish).
@@Vlammenzee That would make a difference. In the state run liquor stores here in VA, the Green is $70.00. The Black is $40.00 I can get Ardbeg and Laphroig for less than $70
Thank you Tribe for the run down on the Johnny Walkers and presenting it to us in the only way the Tribe can do! 👍👍👍
Day drinking? Lol jk
@@ilikemydogsally Hell ya! It’s Saturday Buddy! 😁😁
I'm curious how different the results would be if they didn't know that it was all JW bottles, which is a brand that they already don't like going in
Lately Daniel seems so fed up with Rex and Brianna’s schnanigans 😂😂
I've been thinking the same thing haha! Brianna also sits closer to Rex than Daniel 😂
Black label holds up to ice pretty good for a budget scotch. Green label is quite a nice four-malt blend.
Blind tastings are the absolute best. Reveal what you actually like without marketing bias. I also much prefer Red to Black for the same reasons Daniel mentioned, much more character and interesting. Green and Blue are also excellent and i'll always have a Green in the collection, never had the 18 but some day. Hey guys, please do a blind tasting of Dewars 12, Grand Old Par 12, Buchannan's 12, and Chivas 12! For a curve ball throw in Red label, Dewars White, and J&B or Cutty Sark while you're at it!
I’ve had so many people side-eye me when I tell them I prefer Red Label to Black Label. Thank you for validating me!😂. Gonna have to try Green, Gold, and Platinum sometime!
i love red more then black and for some reason black couldn't got me drunk at all even full bottle but red half bottle could drown me ( sorry for bad english)
Wow! One of your Best episodes! I have only had JW Red, Black, and 2X Black. I personally rated the Red as my favorite, then Black, and 2x Black last.
What a fun video. It's wild that Red performed as well as it did. I've done two blind tastings of the JW line. Both times, I liked Platinum (18) the best, and Blue the second best. Green & Gold performed well. Most interesting was the 2xBlack, which got last at one tasting, and got 3rd place the other tasting. Doing more than one blind tasting of the same stuff taught me that your palate and preferences really do change on different days.
Green & Island Green are the best in the line up followed by the original Gold 18-year.
I miss that 18 year old gold label😢
I still feel Red Label is a very good whisky *for the price* and considering how widely available it is. Totally happy to drink it neat if out at a bar somewhere and not trying to run up a tab. May not be the most exciting but no off flavours that bother me either, just goes down easy. And frankly I'll take it over the Black any time given it's half the price here
Yeah. My first scotch was Red Label and my second was Black Label. I paid pretty much exactly twice as much for Black, but it certainly was not twice as good. I definitely would rather spend just a little bit more to get a single malt over Black if I really want scotch.
Black is actually ok.
Red is undrinkable.
But,it's just me.
Magnificent Beanstard! I came up with that name in the Whiskey Tribe poll a few months ago! Soooo proud:)
Green Label is in my top 5 of all time. 🥃
Can you list your top 5 of all time?
OMG!!! Thank you!! So glad you guys are doing more videos like this! It’s so helpful to have a good suggestion on which bottle to try from a big brand’s line up. You’re all awesome.
I bought a bottle of blue around christmas as they had it on sale and were doing custom messaging and came with some rocks glasses. Great sale, but I was very underwhelmed for the price. Smooth, but boring and not complex
I got a bottle of blue label as a Christmas gift last year and couldn't believe how boring and light bodied it was for what it cost.
I've never really liked whisky but these videos have me buying multiple bottles and trying a glass of them each because I want to like them with how you guys describe them.
Might be cheaper for you to go to a whisky bar, my friend xD
Try some Irish whiskey if you haven’t, those are easier to drink and maybe more likeable. For me it’s easier to pick out the notes on those.
Shhhhh we shouldn’t tell him not to buy all these bottles in fact someone make friends with this guy he can obviously afford lots of good whiskey but it seems like he needs a “tasting buddy” to bounce off his own tasting notes
@@navypilot47 yeah probably, but I work nights and the thoughts of going out during the day to a bar and drinking just sound depressing 🤣 I just end up giving them to my friends if I don't like it.
The beat advice I could give is to keep trying, and if you already have multiple bottles, try mixing them up and trying to guess which is which (for example, have someone else pour a glass of a random bottle and try to figure out what they poured) and eventually you'll get there. I'm still trying to find stuff other people find easily, and I just started drinking 2 years ago. But there is nothing like that first time you get a flavor!! The first time I tasted caramel in Woodford Reserve Fouble Oaked... 🤯 I just kept looking at the glass like "How did Werthers Originals get in my glass?!!" So awesome!
The green is the whiskey I had after getting engaged. It's a really lovely drop and I'm glad I tried it as my celebration Whiskey.
I’m glad Red fared well here! I’ve always thought it was underrated. For the price, I love what it does with character. It has a deeply meaty and smokey nose to it that just pulls me in. There is a real umami to it. It does fall apart at the finish though.
Johnnie Walker Double-Black was my first Scotch experience, and all I can say is that looking back I feel like I went straight for the jugular with Scotch. I hated it. It was too bitter and had this awful crushed velvet taste that put me off Scotch for awhile. Granted, I was coming from bourbon, which is way sweeter tasting, and so the bitterness of the smoked peat in Scotch threw me for a loop, doubly so since the Double-Black is all about amplifying those qualities in the whisky. Eventually I was persuaded to buy some Chivas Regal since I wanted to give another Scotch brand a go, and while I don't think Scotch is going to replace bourbon for my go-to whiskey, I did love the Chivas, which brought me back to trying JW's Red Label, which is still motor oil compared to good whisky, but I think if I were to try Double-Black again I might actually like it.
Point is, start with something that balances the sweetness of bourbon with the smoky peat flavor of Scotch, otherwise you might end up hating it like I did the first time I drank it.
That was so interesting to see for me as I really enjoy JW and always return to it after a few single malts. The only surprise to me really was that the red label ended up so high, however the explanation made total sense. Green and platinum also are my two favorites. And blue is not a surprise at all. I had the exact same feeling the one time I tried it. Since I felt like I became a fan of JW I wanted to experience what the "top of the line" tastes like and got myself a small bottle. And it was an utter disappointment. Not because it would be bad, but it was not as good as green and platinum and waaaay too expensive for what it delivered.
Too funny how there's this weird KISS vibe going on, where Briana and Rex act like Ace and Peter and Daniel reacts to them like Gene🤣
I have all of those except Platinum. I asked my roommate to do the same test... and my results are literally reversed. I enjoyed the smoother less gum bitey elements of Blue a lot, it's kinda like it evaps on your tongue. The Green is nice, but I rarely use it unless it's like Christmas time, colder outside. And and the Red makes my nose tingle.
I really like the red, and yes it does make my nose tingle to.
What happened to your challenge coins in the online merch store?? I've been wanting to get one for mooonths and they're just always not available.
Red, on the rocks, is a nice daily driver. Keeps the palet open for more exclusives in the weekend 👍🏿
I have a couple Jonnie's and I definitely agree if you want more punch and stand out flavor, the younger can better. Blue is very smooth and mellow which if you want flavors to stand out that isn't the play for sure. Black is my current favorite but now I am curious on platinum.
I have never been much of a fan of JW, but most of my exposure has been to Black. I did have an acquaintance treat me to some Blue one evening and was internally conflicted that I did not really enjoy what was a presumably top shelf offering. I do have a bottle of Gold Reserve that was gifted to me and I find it at least reasonable, and I do like the Game of Thrones white/blue bottle. I would consider a bottle of Green but it runs the same price as Dalmore and Oban in my area so not much chance of that happening. Nice video!
I got myself a JW discovery pack and sampled black, double black, gold, ultimate 18 and blue in that order. I remember being so impressed with the ultimate 18 amd was beyond stoked to see how the blue stacked up. And I was so wildly disappointed. It just fell so flat. On the plus side I will never feel the need to buy a bottle of blue. And the better tasting 18 year is half the price where I live.
Blue is absurdly overrated and overpriced for what it is. My local whisky bar used to have a flight of trying half-ounces of 3 high-end bottles to learn about them ... I'm pretty sure they just had that to educate people against Blue, because comparing it to Macallan 18 or Highland Park 18 really drove home the point that it has no business retailing for quite a bit more than them.
I'm just glad my two favorite Johnnie Walker bottles did so well! I suggest trying to find the sampler pack in a liquor store, often it's hidden behind the cashier. It can even come with the blue if you can find the damn thing! At a bar however, I keep an eye out for the Platinum and Green labels. 🖖😎🥃
Blind tasting is actually soo entertaining! Thank you guys. You're who I'm discovering whiskey with!
A fun story about JW.
My partners dad used to drink red label quite often. He poured me some during our early days to "test" whether I liked whiskey (or man enough) I assume, but I found it rough and not worth it. I explained that I've had JW gold and that in contrast it's hard to drink red label but to no avail.
I bought him a bottle of gold label that year and since then, he has not bought or drank red label again. In fact, gold is the only one he will drink of JW :)
Really enjoy your videos, I've just started my first job in Whisky in a tasting room for a new distillery. I've learned so much from your videos and am passing that knowledge on to people trying whisky's for the first time.
Thanks for putting in the hard work!
I adore GREEN (with just a little water) and also love the PLATINUM. Thanks for the great tasting vid! 🙂🙂🙂
So blue has notes of $200, which makes it taste amazing.
7:52 ahahaha that's one of the funniest things I've heard - "I dunno, I forgot I had 'em"
Red beat Blue, that is hilarious
Lol😂😂
I got the Blue as a gift from a friend. who loves Scotch. I also do not like it at all but I am primarily a bourbon/rye drinker. The flavor I get is green apples that you sprinkled sugar and vinegar on and let them sit in the fridge overnight and served them in an ashtray that was full of cigarettes that you recently dumped out of it but didn't clean it....if that makes sense.
I truly appreciate that you all did a blind test of these legendary scotch brand, I’m taken back that Red finished so high with all of you
Love your blind tastings, you guys make whiskey drinking fun, and green is my favorite JW
I'm glad blue was toward the bottom because it was always one of the bottles that I wanted, mostly because it was a statement piece in the collection. When I finally got one, I was disappointed. Good to know I'm not crazy in thinking that.
That clap thing is the best., I love it so much.
I did a blind JW tasting (Black, Gold, 18 year, Blue) about a year and a half ago. My preference came in at:
1. Blue
2. Gold
3. 18 year
4. Black.
Same here. I bought a set of those little bottles and blind tested. The Blue is my favorite.
WOW!!! Breonna has come a LONG way in her tasting adventures. I still remember her first few tasting vids....and this is a complete 180 from those. She actually enjoys it now. I love the Fellas, but she puts all the vids over the top. LOVE IT!!!
"Breonna" is a black inner city/ghetto name for blacks who name their kids weird ass shit with weird ass spellings to basically indicate they don't want to assimilate and be a part of American/Western culture (so fuck them). She is spelled Brianna.
Thanks for this episode. I only had few JW’s inthe past, and I never bought a bottle yet. Glad to see this comparison so I will know which one to buy if I have the occasion!
I prefer sweetness over smoke/peat so the Blue and Double Black dropped a little bit for me. My order would be 18, Green, Gold, Blue, Black and Double Black. I haven't tried the Red but I might like the medicinal taste.
I enjoyed the video....... but that shout-out! Thanks!
having never tried the platinum, the green has always been my favorite. glad that I'm not totally out in the wind!
Platinum, best Johnny and the best Johnny bottle as well! My favourite and listening to the first tasting blind while doing other stuff I picked out that Daniel was describing Platinum before I saw what it was!
Now do this with all the Jack Daniel's selections.
At the end of the day, none of the big brands are ever going to be bad. Otherwise they wouldn't be popular.
We also need to keep in mind, these guys have drunk tons of whiskey variants. anything that's great but nothing that sticks out a whole lot might be perfectly enjoyable for an everyday drinker but pretty boring for a person that's drunk 500 different whiskeys. So their impression won't necessarily match anybody's personal taste.
I personally enjoy some whiskeys more than the big brands, but I've never had a Johnny Walker or Jack Daniels and went "yuck" (Which is very much my reaction to Sierra Tequila now, although to be fair, even in that brand there's decent stuff as long as it's 100% agave).
So while I'm curious about their reactions, I don't necessarily think my reaction would be the same. I don't have access to so many different types of whiskey, since sometimes I can't find an importer or just don't want to spend the amount of money to try so much stuff. And unfortunately I also don't really know any good whiskey bars where I could try some more exotic ones as a glass instead of a bottle. Most places around where I live now are sponsored by Johnny Walker so they usually only have one or two more expensive bottles for enthusiasts but never any real selection of anything.
So my experience will never match theirs. Every whiskey I try will be different any interesting to me. I'll never get to a point where I tried so many that any other one will just be "boring". Ok.. except for Jameson... that one is pretty boring :P
@@LeutnantJoker I find jack pretty boring
We just got back from Johnnie Walker Princes Street and had an amazing time. We did the whisky explorers tasting and dinner. Top notch all around!
Love the run down ..surprised by BLUE. Need to grab your top 3 to try. thanks and cheers.
That Blue sells for $360 + where I live in Canada. The Platinum goes for $170, while the Green $110. What I "cut my teeth on" was Johnnie Walker Red Label. It was easy to drink and bars had it on hand.
Cool. Double black has always been my least favourite too. By a long way. Next would be red, then blue. Then black label, which I always have a bottle at home as one of my essentials, since it is priced fairly well and works well both as a mixer and as an easy sipper. Next up the ranks I'd have gold label, then 18 y/o, then green gets the win (and also a permanent place on my shelf). Overall somewhat consistent with your findings, you magnificent bastards.
This is the way to do a whisky test. I totally agree on Platinum (favorite), Green (my third favorite), Gold (my second one) and Blue (not my liking at all) but I would have pushed up Double Black above Red and as well Black above Red but hey, maybe I do a blind test myself as I have all the bottles to see if I still agree with myself
18 year is definitely my favourite Walker (probably my favourite whiskey in general too)
We've tried Black, Red and I think we got a sample of Double Black, and we went with Red. We might consider Green but we can't find Platinum around here so that'd be our limit.
Green is my favorite Jonny Walker to date. Have not had the opportunity to try blue label or platinum yet. Also don’t mind the sweet peat that I got duty free last trip out of the country.
I’ve tried em all except for blue and platinum and I agree with you guys. Green is really good and double black is no bueno.
It's always sunny in the whiskey tribe..
Briana reminds me so much of my high energy puppy.
I always pined for the Blue, but, when I tried it, I was a little disappointed, for the price point it didn't live up to the hype. Whole heartedly agree, the Green is their best!
Im a blue lable guy, Ive tried almost all the Walker line up and blue was definitely my go-to right after Red. Which is ironic because Blue is super pricey and red is incredibly cheap, but they're both so good in my opinion.
I fully expected that the majority of Johnnie Walker Black, Double Black, and the Blue label bottles would be placed in the same general range compared to the other bottles and that's exactly what happened.
Green is my favorite Johnnie Walker and has been for a very long time. Fun video.
i would love to see the same thing with compass box. are they worth the price? or are we distracted by the labels and limited releases?
JW Red and Black Label are staples in my home bar.
Yea, got the black label a couple weeks back... thought it was horrible. I might need to try the Blue next!
AWESOME VIDEO, well done and fun to watch!
A quick question I can't seem to find an answer for. Once you decant a whisky, Rum or brandy from the wood cask, does it still continue to to age and change its flavor & nose?
I've tried red, black, green and gold. and also thought green was the best of them, now I want to try platinum as you had pretty much the same opinion about the other 4 as I did. black was the worst and green the best for me
I would love to see this with the dewars line.
Johnnie Walker Red and Black were some of the first sample bottles I tried when getting into whiskey, and I definitely preferred the Red. Nice to be in good company.
I really got into whiskey after doing a Johnnie walker tasting. I bought a gold label and a talisker dark storm that was there. I love the green label and feel like it is one of their best renditions with a intersting flavor profile!
My new official favorite video on UA-cam. It's a bold statement but that just happened!
I am glad to see that the Platinum 18 stands out.
Glad to see others not like the blue and enjoy green more
Can you guys help me decide between JW black 12 year and Chivas Regal 12 year? You mentioned Chivas 12 was a step up from Monkey Shoulder and I know you guys speak pretty highly of MS. Does that make Chivas 12 better than JW black? To my palate they are similar in quality, one smokier one more of a speyside, both have hint of grain bitterness.
The appeal of Blue, aside from the marketing, is its "smoothness"; that boringness they mentioned. It is not a bottle for people who like whiskey. Is it a bottle for people who rarely drink whiskey to have something with no burn or overpowering nose or mouth feel. Blue is essentially a gateway scotch for wealthy or pretentious people who regularly drink vodka. Just my opinion. YMMV.
Completely agree with platinum and green being at the top.
Im curious how the recent addition to the range - Johnny walker blonde, would fit in.
Im putting it in the top 3.
Howdy tribe, my second ever scotch, but almost had in tandem with glenmorrangie 10, was black walker but it doesn't resonate with me. Perhaps it's the peat because on the black I mostly taste just a thick lingering smoke and a bit of earthy malty funk. I think the smoke isn't for me (disclaimer that I do smoke cigars on occasion but not super full strength ones)
Thank you for this! I've never tried Johnny Walker. There are so many, it's been overwhelming on where to start. Now I know! And Rex uses Field Notes!! Excellent choice, sir!
Green is my favorite as well :)
Would love to see the same format for Compass Box shoot out!
I am just getting into whisky, so I haven't tried all of these bottles yet. But I found it interesting that i prefer the black label to the red. I can't wait to try some others and see how they compare.
Green and Gold are by far my favorite walkers. I was extremely disappointed by both 18 and Blue.
I have a bottle of JW Black (kept in the JW Blade Runner Director's Cut Bottle). It's meh followed by damp ash. Honestly it is only drunk after I've blown out my taste buds. I don't get what people see in it.
why thank you whiskey boy, that was the perfect amount of whiskey.
I tasted the Double Black when it first came out and it had some really nice Bourbon notes, both on the nosing and the "mouthing". I rebought a bottle a few years later and either my flavor profile changed or it did. It lost almost everything and the finish was terrible. I've never been a fan of the Blue label, it didn't match my flavor profile at all. I will have to try the Green and Platinum now though. For research purposes!!
You guys never fail to make the ad reads hilarious and unexpected
ive always wanted to get more into scotch johnnie is a good start. now i want to try all of them
Johnnie Walker red to me ... is a bad whisky ... but the higher ups is good :)
As a true malt drinker I always leave JW for what it is, but thanks for tasting it for me😘
7:40 bald guy, black t-shirt, and “Not quite my tempo”? Incredible
Ok question. I really like Johnny walker blue because of how easy it is to drink but its expensive what is something like the at a cheaper price point
They have indeed always liked the Green, so they're definitely consistent and the data isn't just noise for them.