I have tried Johnnie Walker Blue Label exactly once, and that not recently, so I can't offer tasting notes. I remember it as okay -- nice and drinkable; however, at that price it bloody wants to be.

In my opinion, Scotland and Ireland are full of distillers who make just as good a drop, or better, at half the bite. And that's not even mentioning the up-and-coming competition in such far-flung jurisdictions as Wales, Japan and Cape Breton Island!