When I drink blends, I actually prefer to keep it more classic and pour them into a rocks glass. Somehow it feels like it recharges the vibes more... 😊
I think Johnnie Walker Blue is a whisky that always gives a pleasant experience to absolutely anyone - people trying whisky for the first time, people with prejudices against spirits over 40%, and even people who've already built up fairly broad and deep whisky experience.
Sweet and smooth enough to enjoy casually without much thought, and just when it starts to feel a bit plain, an easygoing smokiness shows up in the finish. A delicious, easy whisky that can embrace everyone. Definitely a well-made spirit. There's a reason it sells so well. Everyone's taste buds are the same in the end~
I wish someone would just toss me one as a gift before I finish this bottle 😁
Ever since my tongue started getting pickled in high ABV, I've drifted away from blends, which mostly come out at 40%,
and these days I've turned into a single malt fanatic chasing stronger, more characterful stuff,
but every now and then I still miss the smoothness and comfort that blends give you, and there are a few bottles I go looking for once in a while. One of them is none other than
Johnnie Walker Blue Label Blue Label.
The kind of whisky that makes someone who has barely ever had whisky go 'Oh? This one's kinda different?', and makes someone who has already built up pretty wide and deep whisky experience go 'Ah, as expected',
When you think about it, it's a hard liquor more than twice as strong as today's soju, and yet it's somehow smoother, smells better, and leaves you satisfied all the way down your throat,
the kind that gets a 'mmm~' out of you instead of a 'khaaa~',
from the sweet honey aroma and the mellow sweetness of dried fruit and nuts, right through to the smoke that spreads ever so gently on the finish,
letting you feel the whole range whisky can show you in a single glass,
plus that fancy-looking, mysteriously blue bottle and the satisfying heft you feel when you pick it up to pour a glass,
I'd say it's a smooth, comfortable whisky that gives anyone a pleasant experience.
When I drink blends, I actually prefer to go a bit more classic and pour them neat into a rocks glass, because it somehow feels like it recharges my
vibes more...?
(I think whisky is at least half vibes...)
You know how in old movies, someone chicly picks up a decanter of whisky from some tea table, pours it glug-glug-glug~ into the heavy-looking rocks
glass sitting next to it, swirls it a few times, tastes it nonchalantly while staring out the window as if lost in deep thought... that kind of
cringe-to-the-bone vibe that makes anyone watching want to plant a boot on their backside and yell 'Knock it off already.'
Personally, to get that vibe and really fill up on it, it has to be a blend + a rocks glass.
Writing this, I'm seriously craving a decanter.
Should I buy one? Purely for vibe-charging purposes....
Though if I actually bought one, I'd probably be too lazy to use it much....
Ahh, anyway,
Johnnie Walker Blue Label is definitely a well-made spirit.
It doesn't sell this much for nothing.
Everyone's taste buds are the same after all~
I kinda wish someone would drop by before I finish this bottle and casually toss me one, like 'Eh, picked this up at duty-free on the way'?