{"id":36444,"date":"2018-10-17T10:35:35","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T09:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/?p=36444"},"modified":"2019-01-23T10:26:22","modified_gmt":"2019-01-23T10:26:22","slug":"johnnie-walker-just-released-first-50-year-old-scotch-whisky-john-walker-masters-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/johnnie-walker-just-released-first-50-year-old-scotch-whisky-john-walker-masters-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnnie Walker just released its first 50-year-old Scotch whisky – The John Walker Masters’ Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Johnnie Walker has today released the first 50 year old Scotch whisky in the brands history \u2013 The John Walker Masters’ Edition. The new product features whiskies drawn from ancient distilleries that existed during the lifetime of founder John Walker.<\/p>\n

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The John Walker Masters\u2019 Edition<\/strong> \u2013 a triple-matured Scotch whisky that has been crafted from six exceptionally rare whiskies, each aged for a minimum of 50 years.\u00a0<\/span>This is the first time the brand has released a 50-year-old Scotch whisky and just 100 bottles of this unique liquid have been created.<\/p>\n

Johnnie Walker Global Brand Director John Williams said: \u201cFifty year old whiskies are very rare. Whiskies of this age have incredible character but it takes great skill to reveal their flavour and then balance them so people can appreciate the end result. That\u2019s where our Master Blender Jim Beveridge \u2013 one of only six in the history of Johnnie Walker \u2013 and his small team of exceptional whisky-makers come into their own as masters of their craft.\u201d<\/p>\n

The John Walker Masters\u2019 Edition features single malt whiskies drawn from some of the oldest available stocks from the Glen Albyn and Glenury Royal distilleries \u2013 which are now closed \u2013 and the much-celebrated Blair Athol distillery, which stands at the gateway to the Scottish Highlands. The three grain whiskies used in its crafting are drawn from the ghost distilleries of Caledonian, Cambus and Port Dundas.<\/p>\n

Johnnie Walker Master Blender Jim Beveridge said: \u201cEach drop of this whisky has been hand-selected from some of the most valuable and precious casks of malt and grain whiskies to be found in our reserves.<\/p>\n

\u201cAbout 20 years ago, Johnnie Walker blenders recognised that these individual whiskies were very special and the decision was made to put them aside for special use, allowing each of them to continue to mature in their casks, knowing that, in time, something even more remarkable would emerge. Our goal was to pay tribute to the whisky masters who worked with these whiskies such a long time ago and, with the creation of The Masters\u2019 Edition, I believe we\u2019ve done that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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