Johnnie Walker Advert Description
Publication: Not specified in the image
Date: 1960s
Title: Johnnie Walker, the world’s biggest-selling Scotch whisky, has its small beginnings high in the Scottish hills
Visual Description:
The advert features a bottle of Johnnie Walker Red Label whisky placed on a mossy rock, high in the Scottish hills. The surrounding scene includes natural rock formations, moss, and a small stream, highlighting the pure and natural origins of the whisky.
Caption/Text in the Advert:
“Johnnie Walker, the world’s biggest-selling Scotch whisky, has its small beginnings high in the Scottish hills”
Main Text:
“People like Johnnie Walker. More of them drink it than any other Scotch in the world. It is the true Scotch whisky. And its special flavour cannot be matched.”
“Johnnie Walker is made with the pure clear burn water of Scotland. The burns that rise high in the hills are filtered naturally as they run over beds of peat and granite. These cool streams are piped direct into the distilleries that produce the great highland malt whiskies that are blended into Johnnie Walker.”
“Johnnie Walker and soda. This is probably second only to why so many export whisky drinkers are so fiercely loyal anti-soda fans. That soda does influence the flavour. But if you like Johnnie Walker and soda, well said. It’s still a great drink. Incidentally, many people like Johnnie Walker even through the soda.”
“Hand-cut peat. Resting for 30 centuries in swirling mists, and it turns to peat. It’s then right for Johnnie Walker. Men cut the peat, by hand, from the moors, and take it to the distillery. Barley is smoked over the burning peat, which leaves its flavour lingering in the grain.”
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“It’s an interesting thought that the heather growing purple out on the moors today will be giving its flavour to Johnnie Walker 3,000 years from now. And that men will still be cutting the peat.”
“Do you buy your whisky for yourself or your friends? When you buy a bottle of whisky, you want it to be acceptable to your friends. And you expect to enjoy it yourself. The wonderful thing about Johnnie Walker is its consistency. Being the best-known of all the whiskies, you know it will be the one that you will like.”
Product Information:
“BORN 1820—STILL GOING STRONG”
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