Expert Review

The beginning of Johnnie Walker is in the middle of the 19th century, when an Irish guy named John Walker used to sell by himself the whiskey he produced in his family distillery in Kilmarnock. John Walker's son and grandson took the beverage forward and turned it into a brand and a great commercial success. Johnnie Walker's Black Label is known as the first premium whiskey brand that declared that it was composed of whiskey blends that were aged for at least 12 years. That way, the brand created a standard in the field, and caused its competitors in the whiskey world to act accordingly.