Mark Dermul, Belgian whiskyblogger, finally tries the new Johnnie Blue! He confesses, when he first saw the announcement and realized that a closed grain distillery was going to play the leading role, he frowned for a moment. But after he tasted it at a whisky festival, he knew immediately that it had become a work of art again. This time it's a creation of the new Master Blender, Emma Walker, who followed in the footsteps of legendary Jim Beveridge in October 2021. And in addition to Port Dundas (about 2km north of Glasgow and closed since 2009), Emma Walker also used Cambus (also a closed grain distillery, since 1993) and Cameronbridge, supplemented with malt whiskies from the warehouses of Glenkinchie, Auchroisk, Dailuaine, Clynelish and (the recently reopened) Brora. It is a composition of 7 whiskies and again bottled at 43.8%.
