White Walker by Johnnie Walker

Bad Diageo! Bad. I had this at a friend's house. The marketing tie in made me nervous as did the requisite chilling. The bottle and graphics are truly amazing. It would be a nice collectible but how does it taste? It was really awful. I could not finish my dram. After a couple of sips, it was a drain pour and now that drain hates me like Gollum hates Bilbo. Forever! I hope Diageo is making this for the suckers to fund really good and affordable Talisker! I am starting a SpartaTodd rule that the graphics and bottle design is inversely proportional to the quality of the juice inside. If the goal was to make a whisky that matched Season 8 GoT then... SUCCESS!

I must admit. This doesn’t suck. Mind you it’s still not good whisky, but it isn’t irredeemable. This was a leftover from a tasting kit I got months ago for my birthday. I wasn’t in a hurry to try it, but I’m making room for better stuff in my cabinet. I did stick it in the freezer for a while as the bottle suggests. Definitely young grain whisky on the nose, but the cold ramps down some of the more metallic notes found in JW Red. Palate is soft, rounded, creamy, with a hint of nail polish. Mmmmmm. Really sells this one. Finish is mercifully short. It’s better than JW Red, but that’s a low bar indeed. If you MUST get one of the Game of Thrones whiskies (disappointing finale notwithstanding), go for the Talisker or Lagavulin. I heard the Clynelish and the Mortlach were also quite nice. Let this one fade into oblivion just like the Night King...