Friday, November 11, 2011

Johnnie Walker?

When was Johnnie Walker Black Label changed from 86 proof to 80 proof?|||JWB has always been 80 proof.


Do you really think they'd change the recipe?


.|||This bottle is not 80 proof, perhaps you need to look deeper into it.

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|||All are now going to 80 proof - new laws passed that taxes liquor higher above 80 proof, cutting into profits. Therefore most companies dropped 81-100 proof liquor down to 80.|||Many alcohols dropped their proof. Jack Daniels did this about three years ago|||At one time, all scotches were 86 or 86.8 proof. For some strange reason they all changed to 80. Which is weird, cuz gins are still 90.4 or 94.4............they have stayed the same. The one scotch that still remains at 86 is Duggans. There is also an overproof scotch called Black Bull which is 100 proof!|||It's definitely black label, huh?


cuz I found this...


http://www.goantiques.com/detail,johnnie鈥?/a>


which I know is about a picture but if you read what's written across the bottom...


Johnnie Walker Blended Scotch Whiskey - Red Label, 8 years old; Black label, 12 years old - Both 86.8 Proof -


says the picture is vintage 30's-50's...


this one says it was still that proof in 1949...


http://www.tias.com/3943/InventoryPage/1鈥?/a>


I don't see anything about it after that!


let me see what else, if anything, I can find...


You could contact them and ask...


http://stridingman.johnniewalker.com/en-鈥?/a>


It sounds like it may be pretty old, which is really cool! Is the bottle still sealedl - because that would really rock!





OOOhhh...I just found this...


http://cgi.ebay.com/Old-Johnnie-Walker-B鈥?/a>


Which says it's for just the bottle and not the contents, although it also states the bottle has never been opened.

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