Here's something I picked up in Hawaii that I had never tried before and I'm not too upset that I've never seen it here( in Australia) before and I wont be upset if I don't ever try it again. In fact the rest of the bottle is being put to experimental use in a fun project which I will write a future post on!
Packaging: plastic hip flask or naggin in my native slang. Not terribly attractive but practical and cheap. Label tells me its 3 years old, 40% ABV and is made in Canada under government supervision. You would think the Canadian government would have better things to do than supervise whiskey production. Sure aren't governments full of politicians? Sure aren't all politicians corrupt lying assholes? Or worse! 3/6
Price: CHEAP!!!!: 6/6
Availability: I bought it in Hawaii because I'd never seen it or heard of it before and to be honest I can't be bothered looking to see if I can get it here or anywhere else so I'm just going to assume that it's not available - yeah a little lazy: 2/6
Appearance: light gold color. Probably natural but who knows? Some legs form but don't hang around for very long at all - interesting that. 6/6
Marketing: there is a very basic and lame website. There are is an official video on you tube with a blond lady in a black velvet dress which is laughable, and then there are what appear to be a few spoof videos which are quite good and highly critical of Johnnie Walker, points are mostly scored for the spoof video: 3/6
Nose: sweet and light with candy cheap chewy stuff, maple syrup and coconut, butter cream icing. Not offensive at all but maybe a little overly sweet makes me think of all that cheap icing/frosting I scrape off bought cakes that are brought into the office. The sweetness becomes less enjoyable the more I drink. 13/20
Mouthfeel: thin but maybe a little buttery. 6/10
Taste on entry: sweet buttery very light spice. A little boring but not unpleasant: 12/20
Finish: short to medium sweet with a little spice pepper and a hint of anise - unimpressive 11/20
Total score: 62/100
This whiskey makes me want to call it a night and go to bed. Too sweet for me. Its not bad but....it comes pretty close.
I will be putting this into an experimental concoction along with some cheap blended scotch i came by recently and maybe a few drops of something else with a little bit of this and a few of those.
Cheers
Kev
Kev
