- The colors of the Olympic rings (vodamagazine.net)
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For years I have wanted to organize something called the Johnnie Walker Challenge and now it looks like Joseph Kornides of 12sqm has made it all too easy. But first…
Kornides is introducing a two-for-one deal on Tuesdays, starting next week, that covers his range of single malts, Bourbons and Irish whiskeys. And he has a decent range, too, with ~40 options, including Jameson 12-year-old (rmb40), Bushmills Black (rmb45), Maker’s Mark (rmb45), Blanton’s Silver Edition (rmb50), Glenlivet 12-year-old (rmb45), Laphroaig 10-year-old (rmb50), Lagavulin 16-year-old (rmb65) and Balvenie 21-year-old (rmb95). Note: The prices in brackets are the regular ones. On Tuesdays, that gets you two pours, totaling 60 ml.
As for the Johnnie Walker Challenge, I’ve long wanted to do a blind tasting with friends of the red, black, green, gold and blue labels — the same colors, as Kornides points out, of the Olympic rings — to see the order of preference. (If you choose the red as best, you can look forward to saving money in the long run.) At 12sqm, rmb188 will get you a 30ml shot of each one of these five whiskeys. I plan to bring along some labels to stick on the glass bottoms so I can finally take the challenge…
(Oh, and 12SQM also has a Czech Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself special: A Budvar and shot of Czech absinthe for rmb80.)
I admire Boyce’s political correctness but I like to call it the Johnnie Walker Special Olympics. After five ounces of whisky you’ll know why. Direct your criticism at me, not him, if you have no sense of humour.