Anyone know about whiskey?

[z4alfie]

I've been given a bottle of Johnnie Walker Red Label from my mothers next door neighbour. It's a litre bottle which she bought in Jersey in 1975 or 1976 it's still boxed. I would drink it but I'd hate to find it is worth keeping or has a massive value because if so I'd give her it back.

Anyone know anything about it? I've done some internet searches but they weren't helpful, seems there are loads of variables which mean it could be worth anything from £30 to £500

 

[Wa'ya]

Red label is pretty common here in the US... Now if you had Blue label you'd have something grin :wink:

 

[z4alfie]

Red label is pretty common here in the US... Now if you had Blue label you'd have something grin :wink:

Thanks....... As an American, you'll be familiar with my favourite, George dickel. Barrel select is luurrvely

 

[Wa'ya]

Don't know the conversion rate but I'd say somewhere around 30

 

[Adamski]

I'd drink it. It's not a single malt or special edition JW.

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[wilbo]

Drink it. Whiskey stops ageing as soon as it is bottled, and Red Label, AFAIK, doesn't have an age statement anyways, so its nothing special like an aged Malt would be.

 

[Wa'ya]

yep had a few of those grin... Have you tried Jack Daniels Black Label? I went to Australia once and couldn't find
it there.

 

[alastairb25]

Red is 20quid maybe, Johnnie Walker is good stuff, the Blue is best circa 130ish a bottle, Gold is about 45ish and about 90% as good as the Blue

 

[Wa'ya]

Blue Label good!!!! The gold is ok but for a special occasion I'd rather the blue

 

[wilbo]

There's so many JW variants now, its confusing; black, double black, platinum etc.

Thanks to this thread, I may crack open a bottle of Balvenie later

 

[Wa'ya]

LOL

 

[Bing]

Yeah, agree - just feckin' drink it

That said, it was bottled 38 years ago which is pretty cool 8)

 

[bluespit]

Just polished of a monkey shoulder. Very good for a blend. Got a Glenrothes for after - never tried it but comes highly recommended. Jw red is ok and the age makes it special but for me that's it. Drink and enjoy.

 

[Bing]

A friend of mine bought me a bottle of 25yr old Glenturret single malt for my 37th birthday. One of the coolest presents I ever received - I went to school in Crieff where the distillery is and it was laid down when I started school there at 12 years old. It was casked and ageing the whole time I was there and I walked past it (or at least the shed it was in) on many occasions over the years, coming back from weekend hikes into the mountains with school and such. Eventually it was bottled and ended up being delivered to me about 17 years after I left. Brilliant gift,and a great whisky too 8)

 

[wilbo]

Just polished of a monkey shoulder. Very good for a blend. Got a Glenrothes for after - never tried it but comes highly recommended. Jw red is ok and the age makes it special but for me that's it. Drink and enjoy.

Monkey Shoulder Its a blended malt rather than a blend like bells etc though, a blend of Glenfiddich, Balvenie and Kininivie.

 

[Wa'ya]

That was a cool gift Bing, cool story too

I have been doing PLC programming on machinery for the tobacco industry for over 30 years, working around different parts of the state of Kentucky were many of the bourbon whiskey distilleries are located. Took a tour of the Makers Mark Distillery in Loretto, Ky once and they gave us a pint of their whiskey after the tour. It's some pretty good bourbon.

 

[Angie4m]

Btw it's Whisky and not Whiskey. The Irish stuff has an 'e' in it.

I recently purchased a 29 year old Caol Ila cask strength, single cask. One of only 224 bottles. One of my favourite malt producers. Distilled in January 1984 and bottled in November 2013. Wanted something from the year I was born and well just couldn't resist. It's in a lovely wooden box with a padlock on it. I'd like to source another bottle to drink as this one is a keeper. Shame I've got the other half into Whisky as I need to share my collection but at least he doesn't like them too peaty so I get to keep them for myself

 

[Lillywhite]

I recently purchased a 29 year old Caol Ila cask strength, single cask. One of only 224 bottles. One of my favourite malt producers. Distilled in January 1984 and bottled in November 2013. Wanted something from the year I was born and well just couldn't resist. It's in a lovely wooden box with a padlock on it. I'd like to source another bottle to drink as this one is a keeper. Shame I've got the other half into Whisky as I need to share my collection but at least he doesn't like them too peaty so I get to keep them for myself

Now you're talking. My son-in-law invests in limited editions from the Islay distilleries. Serious stuff. My daughter and him always attend the Islay Whisky Festival in late May every year staying in the hotel virtually next door to the Bruichladdich distillery. They say the highlight of their week is attending veteran Islay whisky maker Jim McEwan's Masterclass at the distillery's Open Day where they get to taste single malt costing several hundreds of pounds per bottle.

 

[alastairb25]

There's so many JW variants now, its confusing; black, double black, platinum etc.

Thanks to this thread, I may crack open a bottle of Balvenie later

I tried Platinum the other day, reminded me of some nice old medicine, so smooth mm very nice stuff!

 

[buzyg]

I knew nothing about whisky, until I read this thread. Now I know Jack Daniels about it.