Johnnie Walker

It's funny because on the subject of blends and accessibility and all that, it's funny because it happens on this podcast all the time is we and everyone else that comes on this podcast champions Jodie Walker-Black.

Because everyone goes, Johnny Walker Black, Ian Palmer was talking about it just the other day there on the podcast and he says, go anywhere in the world and you can find Johnny Walker Black, it's accessible and it's this and it's that and it's the next thing and it's Johnny Walker, it's Scotch, this, that and the next thing.

And everyone goes on about how great that is for Scotland and how great it is for Scotch because there's a striding man who goes all over the world.

But then at the same time, does Macallan not have the trickle down effect because you go James Bond drinks Macallan, and James Bond is looked around the world.

see the ball game last night? God, was the sidewalk busy, sir? But same thing.

What do you normally like to drink? Love a Macallan, right? And that'll be the question that they get asked all the time.

and that's why tam do 18 does so well in that bar and tam do 21 does so well is because basically well do you want a mcallen or do you want something different i'll have something different well are you wanting to go somewhere completely different or do you want to go somewhere where you might try something very similar but you'll never might never had it before here's a tam do 18 tell me what you think and it's going to be on similar levels blah blah blah but It's funny, we'll bash Macallan, but absolutely go for a Johnny Walker Black label.

But Macallan are putting themselves in Johnny Walker and James Bond.

They massively overpaid for that.

The thieves made a lot of money, enjoyed their Johnny Walker blue and cream soda for a period of time, and Now we have a situation where ESCOM has to service all of wealth, service a lot of debt, even though we as taxpayers put in 250 billion of that.

It is what it is.

But when you then start looking back at the reality in South Africa, take Transnet, take ESCOM, we've got power.

They have other people.

You know, like Diageo, you've got Johnny Walker and Guinness.

You're not too concerned about pretty much anything else.

That's right.

I like it hot.

Shout out to the Johnnie Walker crew in the building.

Heineken, Pure Country.

I like it.

Ooh, yeah.

Yeah.

Shout out to Johnnie Walker, Heineken, Pure Country Fuse, Water, Coca-Cola, Jesse Remsen-

Ooh, yeah

So Jim Beveridge would suddenly go, right, here's the blend of whatever we're going to be vatting, right? Could be the next batch of...

Johnny Walker, one of the classic malts in Scotland.

So then they would say, these are all the casks that are going to be coming.

So let's just say, for example, if it was a classic malt, let's just say there's a breakdown of first fill bourbon, refill bourbon, sherry, maybe all and also a PX or something like that.

there's a big vat underneath it so basically by

the time all those casts have been rolled off trough one has all the bourbon in it trough two has all that and then then they bring that all together then that's when they start to vat it all together that would be

one way to do it or more likely they would just get the right balance of casts onto trough one because you're also doing a johnny walker and you're doing a vat 69 and you're doing a black and white because it's busy busy so you're just

constantly just

It always will be.

And look, there are better Johnny Walkers out there.

Green Label, there's Blue Label.

I've had them, well, I've had most of them.