Uncorked: fire and ice combined!
By People Reporter, January 4, 2020The season to be jolly may have come to a close, but we are holding up the mood right into the new year, looking at two of the new drinks that headlined the just-concluded drinksember.
Johnnie Walker and HBO Licensing & Retail introduced two new Scotch whiskies in honour of the legacy of the critically acclaimed HBO series Game of Thrones. The collaboration with HBO birthed the limited edition whiskies, with the said latest two, A Song of Ice and A Song of Fire – inspired by the show’s iconic House Stark of Winterfell and House Targaryen of Westeros – being successors to the White Walker by Johnnie Walker Limited Edition Scotch, which launched in 2018.
Johnnie Walker A Song of Ice features single malts from Clynelish, one of Scotland’s northern distilleries, and exudes a crisp, clean taste like the unforgiving force of ice. The bottle design evokes an icy setting with frosted blue and grey colours inspired by the North. Johnnie Walker A Song of Fire is rich and spicy, boasting flavours of subtle smoke from the peated malts of the Caol Ila distillery. Inspired by the dragons of House Targaryen, feared for their fire breathing, the bottle design evokes a fiery setting with deep-red colours.
Whether in conflict or harmony, this is a tale of two great houses represented by two ancient creatures in Game of Thrones. One is a house descended from the First Men. Rulers of the North and builders of the wall, they thrive in the icy-cold climate of the Direwolf. The other, a noble family of Valyrian descent and the first royal house of the Seven Kingdoms. Fire courses through their veins and is made flesh in the form of their dragons.
From House Stark comes A Song of Ice, and from House Targaryen A Song of Fire. Together, the two whiskies celebrate the dynamic relationship between the houses, represented by their house sigils the Direwolf and the Drago.
Assuming you caught on the wave, which house were you rooting for, and which one are you taking on this new year?