Johnnie Walker

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Johnnie Walker is the best selling blended Scotch whisky in the world, and the color-coded labels are the reason most people can navigate it without knowing much about Scotch. John Walker started blending in Kilmarnock in 1820 to make what he sold taste the same from one bottle to the next, and the labels still work as a ladder: Red at the bottom, Blue at the top, several steps in between. We carry the core range along with gift sets and limited editions. We ship to most states, with an adult 21 or older required to sign at delivery. The Johnnie Walker labels, explained Red Label . No age statement, built for mixing. This is the bottle for highballs and whisky gingers, and it isn't trying to be anything else. Black Label . Twelve years old, blended from around forty whiskies. It's the reference point for the whole range and the bottle most people mean when they say Johnnie Walker. Also available in 375ml . Double Black . Black Label pushed toward smoke, using more heavily charred casks and a larger share of west coast and Islay malts. No age statement. Worth the step up if you like peat. High Rye . A blended Scotch built around a high-rye grain whisky and aimed squarely at cocktails. Closer to an American profile than anything else in the lineup. Green Label . Fifteen years, and the odd one out: a blended malt, so no grain whisky in it at all. Grassier and more malt-forward than the rest. Gold Label Reserve . No age statement, softer and sweeter, leaning on honeyed Speyside malts. The easiest of the upper range to drink neat. 18 Year . An age-stated blend sitting between Gold and Blue, and the best argument in the range for paying up for age. Blue Label . The flagship, blended from a small pool of older and rarer casks. It's priced on scarcity as much as on taste, and plenty of people prefer the 18 Year at a fraction of the cost. If you're curious rather than committed, the six-pack of 50ml bottles is the cheaper way to find out. Which one to buy If you're mixing, R