# Johnnie Walker Blue **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 17, 2016, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnnie-walker-blue/768834 "2016-10-17T13:19:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnnie-walker-blue/768834/21 "2016-10-17T20:12:56Z")
> [@quimper](#): > > It’s very good but if I had two bills to plunk down for a bottle it’d be for Macallan 18. Last bottle I bought was $149 and I thought that was steep. But yeah, it’s pushing $200 now. I have a couple different bottles of Irish whiskey, a couple of Canadians, some Tennessee, about 30 Bourbons in rotation give or take (A Knob Creek bourbon and a Knob Creek Rye are in there at the moment) - and not a single Scotch. I tried the Macallan 18, a Laphroaig, a Balvenie Doublewood (my favorite, actually), and a couple of others - ended up doing a tasting and giving most of the stuff to my boss. Just not my cuppa. I could live with the Macallan, taste-wise, never saw the Balvenie again. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnnie-walker-blue/768834/22 "2016-10-17T21:20:55Z")
My current favourite is Tomintoul 16 and for Thanksgiving we compared that to my son’s bottles of JW Blue and Platinum (which he was gifted from his landlord and workplace). I was really disappointed in the Blue, it left me wanting. I did quite like the Platinum but if I’m going to spring for that kind of outlay cash wise I’ll buy a bottle of Tomintoul/Macallen/Bruichladdich and a bottle of Famous Grouse for mixing. As a side note I was quite impressed with Bulliet’s rye. I enjoyed that immensely. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnnie-walker-blue/768834/23 "2016-10-17T21:49:48Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > I still feel stupid for chasing that short-term fad, Johnnie Walker Clear. > > 😃 I’ve got two cases of Crystal Johnnie in my basement. Gonna be worth a fortune someday. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnnie-walker-blue/768834/24 "2016-10-17T22:00:00Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > Maybe, but if we can discuss porters and IPAs in the same sentence… As a solid bourbon aficionado, I am forever having the whiskey/whisky/single-malt crowd tell me I have to try this or that. All I can say is I’ve had some damned expensive shots of Listerine. 😃 Fair enough. Scotch Whisky is about the only food or drink I can think of where words like “medicinal” and “iodine” are sometimes considered ‘good things’ 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnnie-walker-blue/768834/25 "2016-10-17T22:57:26Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > All I can say is I’ve had some damned expensive shots of Listerine. 😃 Yeah, that’s how I describe the peaty Islay whiskeys like Laphroaig or Ardbeg. I happen to like them, not having much of a sweet tooth (the wheated bourbons are too sweet for my tastes; the high rye ones are okay). But it’s a fair enough description, I do have to say. ---
**Author:** ![Common\_Tater](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/common_tater/32/13846_2.png) [@Common\_Tater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Common_Tater)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2016, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnnie-walker-blue/768834/26 "2016-10-22T21:43:24Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > Fair enough. > > Scotch Whisky is about the only food or drink I can think of where words like “medicinal” and “iodine” are sometimes considered ‘good things’ 🙂 Seaweed and Iodine. Good for what ails ya! ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2016, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnnie-walker-blue/768834/27 "2016-10-22T22:45:36Z")
I also was given a sampler of JWs - blue, gold, green and black. All were decent but not much better than the one before. I like Laguvalin but the best value scotch imo is Hakushu, not available in Canada. Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye is cheap and makes excellent mixed drinks. Blue is too expensive for what it is. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2016, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnnie-walker-blue/768834/28 "2016-10-22T23:37:17Z")
For some reason, someone left me a bottle of JW Blue at the front desk of the hotel I was staying a for a wedding I was in. No one’s come forward to say who left it, but I knew what it was (I was 25 at the time). I saved it for special occasions, and definitely enjoyed it. It’s the best blended scotch I’ve ever had - but like someone mentioned, what I enjoy about scotch are the high notes. (And Laphroaig tastes like licking Scotland (or a listerine-soaked bandaid).) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnnie-walker-blue/768834.md?page=1)