JW Green Label returns

It's been back for a few months now. We've been discussing it here:

connosr.com/wall/discussion/…

While not the biggest fan of JW Green - I found it a tad disturbing when hearing about how it's have a 'screw on cap'...To me that sounds as though it's a inexpensive blend, and not what the JW Green we used to know.

@FMichael

Some good blends can have caps. If the cap manufacture is good it will protect the contents as well or better than a cork. Yes, a cork is more stylish, but it's what's inside that counts...and I've heard different opinions on that...

In my humble opinion the screw cap debate is on confined to the history bin. The wine industry around the world has completed exhaustive testing on both closures since the sixties. The jury is out screw cap closure is the superior closure.

In Australia one of the last wines to convert is Penfolds Grange and it will be only a matter of time before this drop swaps closures. Don't forget scotch stops ageing once left the cask.

Apologies I hit the wrong thumbs up

@Nozinan Maybe I'm in the stone ages here with my line of thought, but I tend to associate quality not only with the contents inside, but the bottle itself - including the cap...But that's just me.

@FMichael, everything on a bottle is taxed, including the cap. A more economical package will yield a better value for the consumer. Corks are overrated and highly impractical. Capped bottles endure transit in any position. Inverted bottles with cork stoppers become whisky roulette.

@FMichael, I do love cork noises. The squeak and pop song performed by most bottles has become part of the whole dram celebration. I hold no ill will against corks.

This is a screw cap and NAS right?

The bottle has a 15 year label on it, but yes, it does have the screw cap and doesn't have a box. I just picked up one at Costco for $44. PS - you don't need a Costco membership to buy alcohol there.

Jason Debly wrote a review of the new JW Green here:

jason-scotchreviews.blogspot.ca/2015/04/…

Sounds to me like it's not quite like the old one. Drift, batch variation? Lesser spirit? Tired wood? Hard to know. It's not available in Ontario. I'd buy it for under $60, not because I was ever a great fan (Tried it once, not bad) but because I have an old bottle and it would be nice to compare the 2 some day. Just like my old and new bottles of JW Swing.

I just need some volunteers to do it with me...

This reissue is definitely not in the same class as the original, at least here in the U.S. The original here is 43% ABV. I was able to cop four bottles at a very low $40 per awhile back. Down to my last two. The reissue is 40% ABV. As I strongly believe there is a direct correlation between ABV and taste, I'm definitely not interested in the reissue at any price.

@Newkophile

There is only a link between ABV and taste when the matured spirit is diluted. In a 40 year old spirit bottled at a cask strength of 43% there is likely much more concentrated flavour in there than a 55% Cask strength spirit bottled at 43%.

@Newkophile the JW Green I just picked up was at 43%

Yeah, my reissue Green Label bottles are also 43%.

I stand corrected. All the bottles of JW Green that I have recently seen are 43% ABV. Can't explain my initial observation of this reissue.

Has anyone opened a bottle from the North American batch? It seems the 700ml release of this in Australia have cork stoppers but I read somewhere that these were all supposed to be capped with the plastic pourer twist caps.

This is how the Australian JW. Green Label looks. Note the bottle shape with the walking figure and the cork closure. The jury is still out on the contents but it's looking like this may develop into a decent 'drop'!

danmurphys.com.au/product/DM_903258/…

Cheers.