Brought home to Castle Black, the dead men rise and kill several of their living fellows before they are destroyed. History [ edit ] Johnnie Walker was founded in Kilmarnock and continued to be produced and bottled there until 2012. I know its Irish whisky but with its smooth moorish butterscotch after taste, I always keep a bottle in my collection (right up there and quite cheap so recommended by me). f you are a Johnnie Walker and/or “Game of Thrones” fan feel free to go ahead and pick up a bottle as it is inexpensive. The final season of Game of Thrones is still a few months out, but the excitement continues to build across a wide array of industries.

Green Label: First introduced in 1997 as Johnnie Walker Pure Malt 15 Year Old, [19] it was renamed Johnnie Walker Green Label in 2004. In particular, they are eager to learn more about the White Walkers—or The Others—a mysterious, undead race seemingly bent on humanity's destruction. Under his stewardship, the House of Walker began blending whisky and bottling it in an iconic, square bottle adorned with a slanted label.Blender George Harper used the Frozen North as his starting point for creating White Walker by Johnnie Walker. The iconic slanted label and square bottle were introduced two years later – designed to make the bottles stand out on a crowded shelf.

Photographs replaced the drawings in the 1930s, and the Striding Man was miniaturised to a coloured logo in 1939; it first appeared on the Johnnie Walker labels in 1960. We are Certified Whiskey Specialists and drink everything we review - follow along to discover some new whiskey favorites.

They have two others – Johnnie Walker A Song of Ice and A Song of Fire – corresponding with House Stark and House Targaryen. In July 2009, the brand's current owners, Diageo, decided to close all operations in Kilmarnock by 2012.

That year saw the introduction of the blended malt, Johnnie Walker Pure Malt, renamed as Johnnie Walker Green Label in 2004.Shortly after, the Excise Act of 1823 passed, which softened the regulations around producing whisky.

The Spirits Act 1860 legalised the blending of grain whiskies with malt whiskies and ushered in the modern era of blended Scotch whisky.

The Night King kills Daenerys Targaryen's dragon Viserion in the seventh season episode " Beyond the Wall", and then reanimates him as a wight. Adorning the label of this limited release Johnnie Walker is Diageo’s depiction of the Night King (supreme leader of the White Walkers), whose eyes glow blue when the whisky is ready to be pulled from the freezer.