The brand Johnnie Walker is a Scotch whisky that is produced in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland. Originally sold in the Walker Family Grocery Store as "Walker's Killme Whisky", the brand became popular and a legacy to the creator John “Johnnie” Walker’s after his death in 1857.

The color names were introduced between 1906 and 1909 when John’s grandsons, George and Alexander II, expanded the line and hired a managing director by the name of James Stevensons.

The iconic square bottle started circulation in 1870. Originally illegal prior 1860; Alexander, John’s son produced Walker’s Old Highland their first blended whiskey in 1865