Product Description
Johnnie Walker Premier Scotch Whisky.
43%ABV, 75cl.
Naked Bottle, No Box.
This 1980’s discontinued bottling of Johnnie Walker Premier is blended from some very rare whiskies including now closed malt and grain whisky distilleries.
Johnnie Walker Scotch Whisky History.
John Walker was born at Toddriggs Farm, Ayrshire, in 1805.
In 1820 he takes over a modest grocery shop in Kilmarnock. Which he successfully turns in to a wine and spirit business. It wasn’t until his son Alexander joined the firm in 1856 and persuaded his farther to enter the wholesale spirit trade that their first whisky appeared.
Within 6 years the annual output of their blended whisky had reached 100.000 gallons.
The famous square bottle, introduced in 1870 as a means of fitting more bottles in less space. Capturing a large share of the “English” market.
They opened a London office in 1880 and converted John Walker & Sons to a limited liability business in1886.