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    Johnnie Walker Blue Label 84
    Distillery
    Johnnie Walker
    Style
    Blended
    Release
    Unspecified
    Age
    Unspecified
    Alcohol
    43% abv.
    Region
    Scotland
    Bottled For
    Distillery

    Created in the 1990s Johnnie Walker Blue Label marks a return to the 1850s and the prestigious roots of the brand's founder, Johnnie Walker, who applied his tea blending skills to creating exclusive high quality blends of whisky for his most esteemed customers. The brand is enjoyed by the successful elite and represents high acheivement and personal progress.

    review by anonymous

    51
    Color
    amber
    Nose
    smokey, oaken, complex
    Body
    silky
    Palate
    slight sweetness, almost fruity
    Finish
    lingering, malty aftertaste

    while jw blue is indeed a fine blended whiskey, relative to the scores i've seen on many other fine, equally smooth, and altogether more distinctive whiskeys on this site, it scores too high. so in an attempt to even things out a bit, i'm trying to adjust the average. seriously, look at some of the other scores of the fine whiskeys. the best average you'll tend to see is around 85; while jw blue is nice, it's a big homogeneous and indistinctive, worthy of no higher a score than the average earned by many other fine whiskeys on this site.

    review by coloradodram

    91
    Color
    Thick orange amber.
    Nose
    Candied citrus peel, purple flower bushes (the kind bees like), dripping honey, wet oak wood.
    Body
    Luxurious on the tongue, though indistinct.
    Palate
    Old oak at the fore, a bevy of other flavors swish elsewhere. Mild all over - no attack whatsoever.
    Finish
    Verrrry long and warm, indicating some serious age blended in there. Smoother than a baby's bottom.

    This is really good rich man's candy - smooth, varied, and an excellent mature finish - there may not be a finer blend on planet Earth for mere mortals to imbibe.

    review by mp

    93
    Color
    Pale Primrose
    Nose
    Fresh Cherry, Smoke, Oak
    Body
    Oily, light.
    Palate
    Sea Salt, Cashews
    Finish
    Warm, Short, sweet

    A very good whisky, well balanced and sweet from first sip to the end.

    review by anonymous

    99
    Color
    Dark amber
    Nose
    Powerful, yet extremely delightful burnt wood smell that sifts through your nose. Fiery, sweet, and very spicily enjoyable smell.
    Body
    Heavy texture, great spicy sweet feeling on and especially around the tongue, numbing the pallet, great to breathe in. Absolute pleasure.
    Palate
    Spicy burnt oak that lingers in your mouth creating an anesthetically pleasing feeling. It reminds me of euphoria, with a mix of nostalgia (finished my bottle in a year's time).
    Finish
    It has the greatest aftertaste of any whiskey I've ever had. Long lasting spicy feeling in mouth, throat-warming feeling, The best is the tongue + pallet-numbing feeling it gives you. Lasts so long...

    Buy this if you have the money.