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Johnnie Walker White Walker Game of Thrones Limited Edition

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(8)€38Scotland, Blended

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Two single malts sit at the centre of this bottling: Cardhu and Clynelish. Johnnie Walker picked them for a blend named after the White Walkers of Game of Thrones. The whisky is made to be poured straight from the freezer, which is unusual for Scotch. Cold pulls the sweetness forward and tightens the whole thing up. The bottle plays along, since its artwork only shows itself once frozen. Expect caramel, vanilla and a soft cereal note in the glass. It is a novelty bottling with real blending behind it.

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Johnnie Walker

Johnnie Walker is a world-renowned whisky brand with a rich history that dates back to 1820. The Johnnie Walker distillery is located in the town of Kilmarnock, in East Ayrshire, Scotland. The distillery uses a blend of malt and grain whiskies sourced from different regions in Scotland to create their signature blends, including the iconic Johnnie Walker Red Label, Black Label, and Blue Label. The distillery has a team of expert blenders who carefully select and combine different whiskies to create the desired flavour profile for each blend. The whiskies are then matured in oak casks for a minimum of three years.

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About the Johnnie Walker White Walker Game of Thrones Limited Edition

Johnnie Walker White Walker Game of Thrones Limited Edition is a blended Scotch whisky from Scotland. It is bottled at 41.7% and carries the Johnnie Walker name. The blend draws on single malts from Cardhu and Clynelish. Both distilleries also feed the wider range of blends from this house. What sets this release apart is the instruction printed on it. The bottle is meant to go in the freezer before you pour. Cardhu sits in Speyside and gives the blend its soft, sweet malty core. Clynelish comes from the Highland coast and brings a waxier, firmer texture. Blending those two is the real work here, not the packaging. The team also had to make a whisky that still tastes of something at freezer temperature. Cold flattens most spirits and hides their detail. This blend answers that by leaning sweet and round rather than sharp. Poured cold, the nose is quiet at first: caramel, vanilla and a light grain sweetness. Let it sit and a cereal note comes through, closer to warm barley than fruit. The palate is soft and sweet, with vanilla again and a clear band of oak underneath. That wood keeps the sugar in check. The finish is short and sweet, with barley sugar fading fast. Warmer, the oaky side grows and the whisky loses some of its balance. Most blends from this house are built for a room temperature glass. Johnnie Walker White Walker Game of Thrones Limited Edition was built for a freezer shelf. That single choice shapes the blend and the bottle. It is also a limited run tied to a television series that has now ended. Bottles now come from old stock rather than production. The bottle itself reacts to cold, with artwork that only appears once it is properly frozen.