‘Game of Thrones’ 8: Jon Snow’s Ghost is back – and now there’s a White Walker whisky
Scotch – featuring blend of single malts from Cardhu and Clynelish – inspired by White Walkers creatures from the hit fantasy drama series
Game of Thrones might not be coming back until 2019, but the hit fantasy drama series is keeping the hype well and truly up with bits of news designed to keep us salivating until season 8 arrives.
The latest? Ghost is returning, and Johnnie Walker has created a whisky inspired by – what else – the White Walkers.
In a recent interview with Huffington Post, Game of Thrones visual effects supervisor Joe Bauer promises that Ghost, protagonist Jon Snow’s direwolf, “does show up” in season 8.
“Oh, you’ll see him again. He has a fair amount of screen time on season 8,” he says. “He’s fairly present and does some pretty cool things.”
Whiskies from Clynelish have endured long, Scottish winters, not dissimilar to the long periods endured by the Night’s Watch who have ventured north of the wall. So it was the perfect place to start when creating this unique whisky
Better late than never. Ghost hasn’t been seen since season 6, and Jon Snow will need plenty of help warding off the White Walkers, who were last seen smashing through the Wall and entering Westeros, with the help of the undead dragon Viserion.
Speaking of White Walkers, the blue-eyed Others are getting the recognition they deserve with their very own scotch.
Whisky specialist George Harper worked with the scotch brand Johnnie Walker to release the White Walker – a blend that features single malts from Cardhu and Clynelish.