Many people want to know if JW Blue is worth the price tag. The simple answer is no. It is, however, a wonderfully complex and beautiful whisky. Enticing notes of cedar wood smoke and heavily sherried single malts are combined with the fragile antique bookstore tannic notes of old grain whiskies. The bare minimum 40% abv is certainly a sticking point. It is an intriguing whisky to be sure, but for $250usd? Stick with the miniatures.