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John Walker & Sons Private Collection 2014 Edition

June 4, 2014 by Lucas +

Something like sixteen thousand people are born every hour. That’s ten thousand, give or take, since I’ve had my breakfast and I’m not feeling even a bit peckish yet which is a solid scientific proof [...]

John Walker & Sons Private Collection 2014 Edition

Johnnie Walker Director’s Blend: a dream within a dream?

February 26, 2014 by Lucas +

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Imagine this. You meet a girl or a guy (depending on your preference), you get to know each other and soon it turns out he or she is quite simply perfect. The person in question has the looks of an angel, keen intelligence, [...]

Johnnie Walker – The Royal Route

November 6, 2013 by Chris +

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I first reported on the Explorers’ Club Collection from Johnnie Walker a while ago when they released The Spice Road. That was the entry level whisky to this trilogy of travel-retail-only bottlings and represented the [...]

The Directors Blend – Art of Blending

April 4, 2013 by Graeme +

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A week or so before I went to Dublin with Lukasz to visit Jameson, I had the pleasure of attending an event with Diageo, at the Scotch Whisky Experience, to promote the art of blending. We were invited to sample The Directors [...]

Johnnie Walker – The Spice Road

January 14, 2013 by Chris +

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The Spice Road. No, not the colloquial name for an Edinburgh street full of Indian take-aways and curry houses, but rather the latest release from Johnnie Walker. The name of this whisky takes inspiration from one of the [...]