**Price:** $27.99 at Total Wine in Houston, Texas **Setting:** Neat in a Glencairn, with a fat basset snoring nearby. **Color:** Focus group caramel. **Nose:** Honey and cereal. It’s a pleasant nose, but it’s quite muted compared to most other whiskies. **(15/25 points)** **Taste:** More honey and cereal, along with some light smoke and peat. It kind of tastes like honey nut cheerios at a beach campfire. It’s not complex, but the taste is really nice. **(45/50 points)** **Finish:** Fairly short in length. Honey nut cheerios that fades into a salty note. It’s a pleasant finish that gets out of the way and leaves you wanting more. **(18/25) points)** **Conclusion:** I’m a little embarrassed to say that I really like Johnnie Walker Black. It’s not something to sip and contemplate, but it goes down easy, tastes quite good, and leaves you wanting more. I work late most evenings and often don’t want to drink something nice while my concentration is elsewhere. I’ll usually turn to JWB, as I can drink something inexpensive yet enjoyable and not worry about parsing out every flavor or note. For the price, I find JWB to be difficult to beat. **Final Score: 78/100**