- [Host] Johnnie Walker whiskey.
- Oh, how exciting.
- Lovely.
- What a great day.
- So we're drinking, you said?
- [Host] We're drinking, yeah.
- Two of us? In a drinking video?
- [Host] Yeah.
- That always ends well.
- I don't think people are gonna enjoy that.
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- Red, black, blue?
- Oh, there's different labels.
- Different colors, like Power Rangers.
- I could not tell you.
I am not an expert on whiskey, I have no idea.
I enjoy whiskey, - Nor I.
- It doesn't mean I know anything about it.
- It's scotch, Jamie. Do you know what that means?
- It means that you pretend that you know the difference
between scotch and other brands of whiskey.
- Exactly. You're 100% right.
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- Whiskey glasses!
- Oh no, look at this!
- Wow!
What has been going on,
with the production?! - What has happened here?!
- Oh would you look at that,
it looks like we're drinking it out of a candle stick.
- I love these glasses.
- Mmh.
- These glasses are fantastic.
- Glen sharing is Glenn caring.
- Johnnie Walker Red Label.
Oh, look at him, he's a little jaunty character!
- Is that Johnnie Walker?
- He has a top hat and a cane!
- And, sorry. - First of all,
I love the way the label
has a fellow called Johnnie walking.
That's what you want,
Johnnie Walker, straight to the point.
- Johnnie Walker.
- Please call me Johnnie.
Jonathan was my father.
- Mm-hm.
- I was told recently. - Yeah?
- By a tryer, that when you smell whiskey,
you're supposed to smell it with your mouth open,
which is a very weird, (laughs)
when I tried to do it, I kept snorting.
You're supposed to go.
Am I sophisticated?
- Yeah, how are you supposed to, hold on,
how are you supposed to breathe through your nose?
- I don't know.
- Breathe into your nose with your mouth open.
- I don't know, he just said, "Open your mouth."
(inhales deeply)
- Yeah, you-
- Is that it? (inhales deeply)
- You're giving me Hannibal vibes.
(snorts)
- Are you getting it?
- I'm getting something, yeah.
- I mean it's-
- All right, here we go.
(sips glass)
- It is kind of smoky.
- It's very smoky, yeah.
- Now, this is nice.
It's smooth, but it has that-
(exhales sharply)
Do you know that? (gasps)
- Yeah.
- This is so smooth.
- It's a very specific flavor.
- Yeah.
- And it's specifically one I've had nightmares over.
- Maybe that has more to do, like, your psyche,
than the actual drink itself.
- Oh, a hundred percent.
- Do you need to talk to somebody?
- Well, I'm here talking to you.
(both laugh)
- I'm here for you.
- It's not giving me, nothing is really hitting me.
Like, it is kind of smoky, but not that smoky.
I think, maybe, I'd prefer if it was super smoky.
- [Host] Red Label has been the best-selling Scotch whiskey
in the world since 1945.
- Wow.
- Are you shittin' me?
- I could see myself sipping this.
- Yeah, in front of a fire.
Not right now. - In a big library.
- Yes.
- You know, in the leather chair.
- Throwing books into the fire, staying warm.
- Laughing, hysterically.
(laughs)
- Knowledge.
- Adjusting my monocle.
- Yeah, "Where's my other one," you'd say.
(laughs)
- I tend not to rate things.
- Yeah, I think I give things too high a rating.
- Let's say a 10 out of 10.
- 10 out of 10.
- Uh, yeah!
- I don't think we're stepping on anyone's toes
by using that catchphrase, right?
- Yeah.
- That doesn't belong to anyone on this channel right?
- But also clap. (clapping hands)
- Yeah.
- And wear a stunning suit.
- Yeah.
(dramatic music)
- Sorry, my mouth is closed.
(snorts) (laughs)
- Ooh, I get-
- He gets a better bottle. - Look at that.
- He gets a genuine Game of Thrones bottle.
- "Fire consumes everything it touches."
- Well, not if you have a-
(both) Fire extinguisher.
- But, continue.
- So, what's the relevance of Game of Thrones?
Which at this point is a bit dated, I mean.
- I think it went downhill
after the opening of Season 6, Episode 10.
- Oh, really?
- Yeah.
- "Johnnie Walker A Song of Fire is
a blended Scotch whiskey inspired by
these beasts of the sky."
- Okay.
- "A full-bodied flavour delivers subtle red fruit,
a hint of spice and a sweet smoke."
You don't often get smoke described as sweet.
- No. A Song of Spice and Fire.
- Doesn't sound as good.
- No.
- I was expecting more smoke.
- I would say that's smoother than the last one.
- Tastes like a Targaryen's butt hole.
- I would imagine if you were trying
to introduce someone to scotch,
this would be a good way to start, because it is super mild.
- Yeah.
- [Host] Is it a step up from the last one?
- I think so. I find this much easier to drink.
- Or, actually, do you know what?
It's very similar to Paddy's.
Did you ever have Paddy's?
- I've had, yeah.
- Yeah, but it's with a smoky flavor.
- You prefer this to the Red Label?
- Yeah, there's more going on.
I think that, well, do you like the other one better?
- No, no. I'm just saying that
I thought the Red Label was, there was more to it.
- I thought a Scottish whiskey would have
a bit of a bite to it.
- A bit of a Scottish personality.
- Yeah.
- I get you.
- Like harsh, like strong.
- But welcoming.
- Yeah.
- I tell ya, you'd be fire breathing after that.
(both chuckling)
I'll tell ya that!
- You'd be invading all of Westeros, you would.
- You would!
- No, you would. You'd be, you'd be fucking running
down with the sword in your hand and you'd be-
- You'd be running off with a Wildling.
Game of Thrones is basically Ireland.
- Yeah.
- Basically Ireland in present time. Cold,
- And if you-
- Depressing. Everyone's running away with Wildlings.
- If you act the bollocks, you get sent to Cork for years.
(giggles)
- 10 out of 10. - 10. (laughs)
- Yeah. 10 out of 10.
Again, no one else says that on the channel, right?
We're not taking that from anyone?
It's 11 out of 10.
- It's very spinal tap energy.
- Yeah, it's 11 out of 10.
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- [Both] A Song of Ice.
And we had A Song of Fire earlier, I see.
- Blended Scotch Whiskey.
- Very Game of Thrones-ish.
- Do you just have Game of Thrones whiskey?
No, he's shaking his head, "No."
- No. There's different types.
Wait. Okay. Was this whole thing just made because
there's White Walkers in Game of Thrones?
And they're called Johnnie White Walkers?
- Yeah, but don't diminish it.
You know, it's fuckin' great.
Look at the wolf and all on it.
- "One of Scotland's most northern distilleries,
gives the blend a crisp, clean taste.
The blend's delicate flavor is green and grassy,"
Oh, interesting.
"With notes of vanilla and tropical fruit."
- Ooh.
That's kind of wild, I don't really associate that
with the icy kind of moments.
- Now, if you wanna read that again, let's try it again.
Just one more time. Let's try it again.
And this time, let's do German.
- I don't know German. You know German.
- No, I don't mean in German.
I mean a German accent.
- Oh no, I can't do, no, I can't do that.
(smacks lips)
- It's fun. It's fun.
Tastes like the first one.
- I like it a lot.
It's not actually smoky at all.
- No, that's lovely.
- Oh, that's lovely.
- Mmm.
- It's nice. It's light though.
- It is, it's very, it dances on the tongue.
- You do get a lovely vanilla kick off that.
- Would you buy that in a shop?
- Bit of fruit.
I actually swear, I would, yeah.
- You would?
- I'd buy the whole collection and
if I had the money I'd put them on the shelf and go,
"Which one of the Game of Thrones do you want?"
- Like Johnnie Walker as a scotch had nothing to do
with Game of Thrones,
so this seems more of a marketing endeavor
than something that is true to the brand's origin.
I don't believe the story as much.
When I tried mead and they were like,
"This is Bunratty Mead,
and it was drank hundreds of years ago."
- See, you can do a German accent.
- That's not, is that German?
- Was that?
- I don't know what that was.
- What, what were you doing there?
- That was my excitable-
- Do it again.
- I don't know! I can't do it!
- Try, no?
- You keep asking me what my opinion
of this is, Colin, but I know nothing.
- It's not about the whiskey,
It's about the company.
And that's why I'm having a terrible fucking time.
(snickers)
- Aww,
I'm having a great time.
- That's so mean.
- No, no. Don't be so-
- No, we love each other.
- And the whiskey.
- All right, come on!
- No! Actually no, I'm taking my time.
- Ahh, its in my eye!
(laughs)
- That's what you get! Instant karma!
Look at the wolf. Look at the wolf!
That's the wolf doing it to ya.
- I never said anything bad about-
- You shouldn't have disrespected the wolf!
- I'm sorry.
- [Host] Out of 10?
- Eleven!
- 11 out of 10 easily.
Easily 11 out of 10, yeah.
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- Ohh!
- She's a sexy one. She comes with a box.
- Black Label.
- Aged 12 years. Holy moly.
- Oh, this is good stuff here.
- I know.
Is this, just 'cause it's old doesn't mean it's good.
- Yeah, it does.
- Does it?
I mean, I'm old, I'm not good.
- This is the fancy one that no one ever buys
because it's more expensive.
- Oh, look at this guy.
His little walking thing is like, he's shrouded
in his cape.
Ooh, he looks like he's gotta do a reveal.
You know, when you go over to your boyfriend's house
and you just wearing your trench coat?
- Do I?
(both snicker)
- "This fine 12-year-old Blended Scotch Whiskey
draws exceptional Scotch Whiskey from across Scotland
and culminates in what is regarded as the 'opitome'-
How do you say that?
- Epitome.
(laughs)
(beep)
- "And culminates
in what is regarded as the 'epi-tome'
of the Master Blender's"-
(both laughing)
(beep)
"Culminates in what is regarded
as the epitome of the Master's Blender's art."
- There, you got in one. Way to go.
- Apparently, we're getting in for
"deep, fruity foreground flavors, dryer peaty nuances,
vanilla and raisin tones and a long smooth
malt driven finish."
- I love peaty nuances.
- Yeah?
I haven't seen him for ages!
How is "Peaty Nuance?"
- Ah, he's great. He just got married.
- Ah! Good for him.
- He works down at a newspaper office now.
- Oh, that's a dying industry.
- Yeah, he's crying every day.
- Oh really?
- His marriage is on the rocks.
- So is mine.
- To me, it smells like whiskey, but-
- I drank it.
- You bastard.
(cough)
- I did a whiskey sneeze!
- That's incredibly smooth.
- Oh.
- It's like the Johnnie Walker Red,
but without any of the bite.
- Mm hmm.
- I like it.
- Yeah.
- Yeah. It's the type of smokiness that I really like.
- This one's weird. Oh God.
Oh, I don't like this one.
- It's got the same flavor notes as the Red,
but it just feels like everything's been,
the edges have been smoothed off
just to go down your mouth so much easier.
- It doesn't so much go
down the throat as like, massages your tongue.
- This is it.
- As it just like slips-
- It sings you a little lullaby
while it's going down your tongue.
- Yeah.
- I do know what turf tastes like cause my sisters used to
put it in my mouth when I was younger.
So, it does have a peaty-like taste,
kind of taste like earth, but different.
- Your sisters used to what?
- So, youngest of four,
so, obviously, you'd be tormented.
All my sisters taught me everything I know.
So, I actually think it-
- Yeah, how to eat turf.
- Hardened me.
I can eat anything. I can eat this table.
- Is that where this comes from?
This explains everything! Hold on.
The reason you have no bad reaction to anything
is because your sisters made you eat turf as a child.
- Among other things.
- I'm really enjoying this whiskey, but I'm not sure if it's
because I know it's aged whiskey and it's fancy
and it's Black Label, and maybe you're supposed to like it.
But, even if I am,
I'm liking it. I'm enjoying it. It's good.
- You look like a Black Label.
I could drink you up, baby.
(laughs)
(blows kiss)
(laughs)
- If I was to go for an aged scotch,
I'd probably go for Rod Stewart.
- Yeah. I'm not saying it's for me.
- It's a little bit of a Prince and the Pauper situation.
- Yeah.
- We feel we wandered into
a club that we're not meant to be in.
But it's still nice to have a little-
- Little change of scenery.
- Yeah, see what the other half live like.
- Yeah. See how the other side live.
- Pretty well.
- Out of 10?
- 11!
- 11 outta 10, 11 outta 10.
- Yeah.
- It's stunning.
(dramatic music)
- Oh this has a necklace.
Ah, you like that? Now it has jewelry on it.
- It's massive.
- Oh, what the fuck?
Johnnie Walker Blue Label?
Oh, is this porno?
- Okay. Now I'm gonna, it's a heavy bottle.
- Is it? That glass is thick.
- It's a thick glass.
- Yeah.
- Oh, hold on.
Look at that!
(gasp)
- Oh my God, it's engraved!
That's so cool!
- The Try Channel!
- Wow!
- That's this channel!
- How did this come about?
- [Host] This was sent-
- Who's dick did you ha-
Sorry.
(laughs)
- [Host] This was actually sent to us by
one of our Patreon supporters
named Joseph Madden.
- Joseph Madden, thank you so much!
- Thank you, Joe.
- Honestly, thank you.
- What a legend.
- Joseph?
- This is out outrageously generous.
- God bless you, sir.
- [Host] This is €200.
- No, you're joking!
- How much? How much? How much is it?
- [Host] 200 quid.
(gasps)
- 200 quid?u
- That makes me so happy.
Like, how lovely.
I mean, alcohol is romantic at the best of times,
but I also think that alcohol is a beautiful gift.
(clinks glass)
- [Host] He also sent these Glencairn glasses.
- Very nice.
- I can just see him watching this video and being like,
"Oh, Dónal's on it. Why, why did they let Dónal do it?"
- It's super smoky from that one whiff.
I was like, "Wooh."
(sniffing)
- It smells very um-
- Sharp. Well, there's a sharpness to me,
but I think the flavor is gonna be quite smooth.
- Ooh, sharp.
Hmm.
- That's really good.
- That's so good.
Oh, that's amazing.
- It's smoky, but it's really easy to drink.
- That's like drinking silk.
- It's lovely.
- That is gorgeous.
(coughs)
- That's really nice.
- It's a lot sharper than the other one.
This is the smoothest one we've tried.
- Smooth.
- That's really good.
- I'm so happy.
What a lovely, lovely thing.
- My blood is rushing to my face right now.
- Yeah. Cause it knows there's a party happening.
That's where we should be.
- Yeah.
I'd rather drink a Capri Sun than this.
(snickers)
- This is probably one of the finest whiskeys
I've ever tasted.
- Eh.
- And you'd think you'd like a Capri Sun better?
- Yeah.
- Yeah. I mean I'm being facetious.
I'm being facetious, it's a bit, it's a facetious bit.
So don't hate me too much.
- It's gorgeous.
- It's wonderful. It's really, really good, yeah.
It's genuinely really good.
Oh, this is the best one.
I have to say this the best one.
- Hints of vanilla.
And it's like a warm summer's day.
A little bit of orange maybe?
Veal.
- Veal?
- No, no, I'm kidding. (laughs)
- Because this is quite "deer".
- Absolutely fantastic, Joseph, you're a very good man.
And I appreciate you sending that over.
- I'm getting in this casket. I'm never coming out.
No. Okay. Fine. If I can be completely honest,
this is a beautiful gift.
- It is a beautiful gift.
And the whiskeys were,
I can taste a good whiskey when I can taste a good whiskey.
And thank you, Joseph man.
- He came around in the end.
- 12. I think it's like a 12.
- I think we can do a solid 12.
- Yeah. 12 outta 10 for Johnnie Walker Blue Label.
- It's gorgeous.
- That is, that's actually fantastic.
- It leaves a nice bit of heat in your mouth.
- Yeah.
- I'd like it to leave some sort of trace of itself.
I don't want drink it without knowing that I'm drinking it.
- Like all her victims,
she wants them to scream.
- I know.
Its more fun if they're in pain, you know?
- She's like that with her whiskey.
- We learned that there's some
very expensive alcohols out there
that we will never get to try
in our regular, day-to-day lives.
So, it was a pleasure to come in today to try them.
- Yeah. For a few minutes,
I got to live as a very fancy man.
- I feel very special that there's someone
out there who enjoys our content so much
to send us such a beautiful gift.
And I really appreciate it.
- The whole drama of having something that has
your collective channel's name engraved on it,
is extremely stunning.
- I'll tell you,
which one is the best, Joey Mads.
- Cheers for giving me the most expensive
thing I'll ever taste.
- And it is six o'clock in the morning,
and we're gonna go to work now.
(everyone laughs)
- Hey, everyone. Ciara has a message for you.
- Wow. I sure do, kids!
- Do it in a German accent, do it in a German accent!
- I can't do a German accent!
- Okay, just do it.
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