Upon his father’s death in 1820, a young grocer named Johnnie Walker invested his £417 inheritance into a grocery and spirits shop on High Street in Scotland. While Walker himself was a teetotaller, he sold a popular single malt whisky under the name Walker’s Kilmarnock Whisky. When Walker retired from the store in the 1850s, whisky sales represented just 8% of the store’s business.In 1857, Alexander Walker — Johnnie Walker’s eldest son — inherited the store and began improving its selection of single malt Scotch whiskies. In addition, Alexander had apprenticed with a tea merchant in Glasgow and there, had learned the art of blending tea. Under his stewardship, the House of Walker began blending whisky and bottling it in an iconic, square bottle adorned with a slanted label. By the time Alexander Walker retired in the 1880s, whisky sales represented over 95% of the store’s business.
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nThe Johnnie Walker Striding Man is now among the ranks of the Night Kings forces. Introducing Johnnie Walker White Walker edition. Inspired by the bone-chilling fearsome characters in the meg-hit series Game of Thrones, this limited edition blended Scotch was created by whisky specialist George Harper, alongside the small team of expert blenders at Johnnie Walker.
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nThis blend features single malts from Cardhu and Clynelish – one of Scotland’s most Northern distilleries. Blender George Harper used the Frozen North as his starting point for creating White Walker by Johnnie Walker. He said: “Whiskies from Clynelish have endured long, Scottish Winters, not dissimilar to the long periods endured by the Night’s Watch who have ventured north of the wall – so it was the perfect place to start when creating this unique whisky.”
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nWhite Walker has notes of caramelized sugar and vanilla, fresh red berries with a touch of orchard fruit and is best served directly from the freezer, echoing the chilling presence of the White Walkers. Utilizing temperature-sensitive ink technology, the enigmatic message “Winter is Here” is revealed on the bottle when frozen.
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nPick up your bottle today!
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