Not to hijack this thread, but since we are talking about Johnny Walker, my typical buy is JW Black...but, years ago my son and I were in the liquor store at Camp Lejune where he pointed out a bottle of JW "Blue" and asked if I had every tried it; at $140.00 a bottle my answer was "no"! That said, since he was leaving for Afghanistan the next day, I told him when he returned I would buy a bottle and we would celebrate. Fast forward 8 months, I purchased a bottle and along with my son-in-law we did some taste testing. Each of us had a glass of both Black and Blue. I really thought that I would not be able to detect much of a difference, after all I have been known for my inability to detect sour milk. That said, I was amazed, there was a BIG difference...the smoothness of Blue is unbelievable. My typical purchase remains Black, but I have purchased Blue in celebration of his safe return from other deployments.