Who was the REAL Johnnie Walker?

[@haggielady]

"Things that I didn't know about" is absolutely wonderful. Scotland has such a rich and varied history. So glad you started this and I hope you never stop.

[@scotlandunplugged]

Thank you!

[@janetmackinnon3411]

And another interesting video! Thank you.

[@helpinyerdasellavon]

Fascinating story behind the name of such well known whisky. Thank you, Robert.

[@helpinyerdasellavon]

Loved the cone hat 😅. Thanks for sharing, Robert 👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@shirleylaboy603]

Thanks for sharing, Robert. Very interesting history. 🙂❤️

[@herstoryswitness]

The family, and especially Alexander, are marketing geniuses! Their whiskey is all right too, when I can't find my favorite single malts😁🥃

[@Hailstonepie]

Bloody brilliant as always.💚

[@BoadiceanRevenge]

Hahaha! Loved the cone! Thanks for the video! 👌😄🙏🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🙋

[@salchipapa5843]

Thanks for uploading. Another great video.

[@cindyrissal3628]

You could be a rebel & take the traffic cone off bonnie Johnnie...😅

[@cindyrissal3628]

Great video! I love little snippets of history like this. Thank you!

[@JackieLazzaro]

Me too!

[@haggielady]

Me three!

[@waynekerrgoodstyle]

Interesting, Thanks for the video 👍

[@kensymns5951]

Another fantastic vignette, Robert! Thank you

[@skyedancer3106]

Hi Robert great video. That is so interesting to know. Thank you for sharing with us. Take care. ❤️

[@Grandmama-Rainey]

Thanks for once again sharing a fascinating story about Scottish lore! I love me some Johnny Walker! 😵‍💫🥴💜

[@shirleycarson646]

Wonderful video! My dad's family was from Kilmarnock. A few of the men were reps for a weaving manufacturer. Nice to know the history of Johnnie Walker. There was a factory in Windsor, Ontario; across the Detroit river from Detroit, Michigan.

[@scotlandunplugged]

Interesting. I wonder what effect US prohibition had on that, with the location.

[@shirleycarson646]

@@scotlandunplugged Maybe a dent but gangs would sneak crates of bottles in boats during the night to various landings along Detroit coastline. They would also hide bottles in cars coming across the border either at Detroit or up in Port Huron. There were car ferries, too and, I think, a railway tunnel under the Detroit river.

[@stephenoran2019]

Love this one! Thanks for sharing! Good old Johnny!

[@helpinyerdasellavon]

Aye gie's a wee dram 😅🥃🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@sharonm3677]

Incredible story. I didn’t even know it was an actual person. Alexander was a pretty smart business man considering the year it occurred in. Can you imagine the business man he’d be today with the machinery and technology. ❤❤

[@scotlandunplugged]

Quite a business mind. Wouldn’t mind his bank balance 😂

[@ramonadixon1291]

Thank you for another story.....an adventure would have been you taken us along for the Johnnie Walker experience....😂

[@LeonTroutskiunplugged]

will the new Jonnie Walker label replace the top hat with the traffic cone? Thanks for another fun video!

[@noreenclark2568]

Its good to know there is a story behind the striding man on the Johnnie Walker whisky bottle . Thanks for telling it.

[@mjdossett7343]

Wow! Another entertaining and informative history lesson!! Thanks for your wiity delivery and pc sarcasm! 😁

[@scotlandunplugged]

Thank you!

[@jeremy1350]

Hi Robert. I used to drink, but no more. Scotch was one of those liquors I couldn't quite stomach. I love your history hits.

[@scotlandunplugged]

Thank you! I hardly drink myself these days. Too busy for the inevitable cost 😂

[@giannabarrow7764]

Oh, fun!!! Great history! Thanks!

[@camerongibson6342]

A very interesting video Robbie

[@phylliscook-se7mx]

Great video, Johnny Walker whiskey is one of our favorites. Now we know the history

[@scotlandunplugged]

Brilliant 🙂

[@smfauls]

Thanks for sharing... do love me some whiskey..

[@franc9111]

That's Irish.

[@smfauls]

@franc9111 true... oops..

[@annebell7274]

So very interesting BUT the Council in that beautiful building .... what a waste 😂😂👍👍💛💛

[@mysongs740]

Great information!

[@Allie-x4t]

My Nan used to put a dash of JW in hot tea with lots of sugar to ease the pain of strep throat. Home remedy is the best! Great video 🎉

[@scotlandunplugged]

Definitely helps 🙂

[@jimmd68]

When I die, I want to be embalmed with Johnnie Walker Blue Label.

[@scotlandunplugged]

Haha. Fair enough 🙂

[@monicab204]

Wonderful story!❤

[@scotlandunplugged]

Thank you!

[@mschoy1597]

I love Scotland! 😘😘😘🤗🤗🤗🤗

[@robertamity3563]

I❤️Red Walker ? 👍😎🇺🇸 !

[@patriciamccormack7626Teashee]

That was a Amazing piece of history Robert 👍 about the man himself, family and the sketches🥰 aww gawd love him wea a traffic cone on his heid😂 I'm Scottish but I cannae stand the smell or taste of whiskey 🤢😂 Hae a Gid Yin Robert ❤ cheers 🥃

[@scotlandunplugged]

Thank you! You too 🙂

[@isabelstokes4042]

So proud to be a Scot. Here's tae us! Wha's like us? Gey few an' they're a' deid!

[@OcamRzr]

Interesting story. Always curious about the Johnny Walker brand, (the striding man just had something about him), but never gave it much thought. Thank you Robert for sharing a story I didn't even know I wanted to know. 🤣

[@scotlandunplugged]

Thank you. I always envied him. He seems like a man in a mission 😂

[@shalacarter6658]

Hi Robert, This reminds me of one of our local shops that has the beer and spirits in a separate room. Thanks for a really interesting story. I was saddened that Alexander died. :( I'm trying to think if I have had Johnnie Walker Red. And I can never figure out the difference between blended and malt liquor Scotch. Cheers!

[@scotlandunplugged]

A single malt is from one distillery (it can be a blend of different batches and barrels though). Legally, a blended whisky is a mix of barrel-aged malt and also grain whisky.

[@shalacarter6658]

@@scotlandunplugged Thank you. People get so bent out of shape when "their" whiskey is the best.

[@sheilan6235]

Interesting! But now I want a sip or two of scotch whiskey, and I haven’t got any.

[@lindaarmstrongjackman9788]

Quite a legacy for the Walker name. 👍👍

[@bethotoole6569]

Okay,,, no death and religion.. but BOOZE! I'm down for that!! Although,, I'm a Jamesons girl... walker will do in a pinch. The flavored ones are quite nice on a cold evening in blustery Ohio. Please explain the traffic cone, you said it's an Edinburgh thing?? Do ALL your statues sprout traffic cone's spontaneously?? If so,, I'm intrigued...!

[@michellepeoplelikeyoumurde8373]

You were not listening ,he said glasgow

[@bethotoole6569]

@@michellepeoplelikeyoumurde8373 My bad 😂😂😂 I still don't get the traffic cones though!!

[@scotlandunplugged]

Last time I drank Johnnie Walker I was very drunk, on a hillside, in Tuscany. 😂 It’s a thing in Glasgow. The Duke of Wellington has had a traffic cone on his head, more or less constantly for about 40 years. It’s sort of a metaphor for the city. History, grandeur, complete lack of respect for pomposity. Even Wellington’s not allowed to get too big for his boots in Glasgow! 🙂 Other places try to copy it, which is a bit annoying 😂

[@bethotoole6569]

@@scotlandunplugged Thank you for the explanation. I was loathe to think it was a horrible natural phenomenon of the country lest it just happen to just anyone standing in the same place too long! That being said, having only known a few actual Scotsmen in real life (I might have said, in the flesh, but didn't want you to get the wrong idea ;) and knowing they were the salt of the earth type fellows (ahem) not in any way prone to excess humor or drink (cough, cough) I can only conclude by the pure irreverence of these actions (The placing of cones on heads of statues not the issue of humor or drink) that this place you speak of.. Glasgow.. it's well.... my kind of town!! I hope you know you honestly do deserve a ton more subscribers than you have,, perhaps not as many as your bovine loving younger brother.. but a damn sight more than you have!!

[@grahamhill2267]

I remember quite a few years ago, maybe 35, that they were stopping making the Red Label, but it’s still available! Anyone know what the full story is?

[@shalacarter6658]

I tried figuring this out but could not find any thing.

[@grahamhill2267]

@@shalacarter6658 thanks anyway! Maybe it was planned, but they didn’t go through with it!!

[@hildabower314]

You should sell your expertise in private tours. 💰💰💰💰🤑

[@jodifinnegan4453]

I'm so glad you said this! I always picture a tour bus taking people to these different locations where they get to hear the history in person!!! 👍🏼 Sign me up!!!!

[@hildabower314]

@@jodifinnegan4453 He would be amazing at it.

[@barbridingsTheResinator]

his golden nectar.

[@benmarnoch4111]

Great wee video. Hopefully they acknowledge the role Kilmarnock plays in JW’s success in that swanky building in Edinburgh!

[@Steve-Duh-Rino]

Oh lands! I’m from Virginia originally and thought Johnny was a Virginia Gentleman. Dumb American that I am 🤓. Good video!

[@scotlandunplugged]

He looks like he could be from anywhere 🙂

[@Steve-Duh-Rino]

@@scotlandunplugged Haha true! The Scots settled the American South so it’s doubly confusing haha

[@Emma-Jayne]

Is it your favourite though? If not, then which is? Wicked video! Whiskey is my absolute favourite ❤ but I love Gibsons (Canadian Whiskey 🥃)

[@scotlandunplugged]

I’m no expert, and not a big whisky drinker, but Balvenie Double Wood is the best I’ve tried. 🙂

[@Emma-Jayne]

@@scotlandunplugged ooooh I will have to try that now 😁 thank you for the recommendation

[@eileenbass952]

I prefer Malt.😉

[@johne7100]

Back when I was still drinking whisky (sad words), Johnnie Walker was generally considered, well, oven cleaner. Oh, Black Label was OK but the Red Label stuff... no. Used to drink The Antiquary for preference before Marketing got hold of it, or take a flyer on Brig o'Banff. Nice to see Binn's clock again, though.

[@matthewporter1107]

Il drink to that,...Slangava!

[@Zedxrgal313]

Excellent video. Interesting to learn Johnnie Walker wasn't a real person. Always thought he was. Lol Also. I sent a message on Instagram regarding the Jacobites. Hopefully it's something you're interested in

[@michellepeoplelikeyoumurde8373]

Johnnie Walker was a real person,the guy on the labels a brand image

[@Zedxrgal313]

@@michellepeoplelikeyoumurde8373 My mistake. I heard wrong then. And that ladies and gentlemen is why one (meaning me) shouldn't try to work & watch important information like this at the same time. Lol

[@scotlandunplugged]

If you succeed in doing this, tell me how 🙂

[@dbank6107]

Interesting family ties he must of had ,as you dont just become or join the Free Masons. So he must of had some standing to begin with.

[@Cent4man]

I have prefer McCallan Highland single Malt 25.

[@scotlandunplugged]

Sounds good 🙂

[@taysezz]

I was told to tell you the Hoof GP sent me. 😂 ❤ 🐄 🩺 Glad he did!