Blended
Malt Whisky
Circa
£37.00 70cl
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| The Peat Monster |
For the fifth Compass Box whisky and the fourth
of their Signature range we discovered 'The Peat Monster’
For those who love big, rich, smoky-peaty whiskies, this
is for you! Peat Monster combines smoky and peaty single malts from the island of
Islay and the Isle of Mull with rich, medium-peated Speyside whisky. Aged in a mixture of first-fill and refill American oak casks. The result
is a balanced, highly drinkable peaty blended malt Scotch whisky.
What makes it fit perfectly into the Compass Box house
style is the balance of richness and subtle sweetness that the casks of
Speyside malt provide to the smoky peaty Islay and island malts. This is the
great benefit of combining single malts from different distilleries; they are
not limited to the produce of one distillery and can create layers of
complexity.
For recent batches, they have introduced even more
complexity by adding some south shore Islay malt and island malt to enhance the
peatiness and earthiness. As with all of their whiskies, several months of
marrying before bottling allow the flavours of each of the whiskies to knit
together, before being bottle at 46% abv. It is not chill filtered and
naturally coloured
So what did I think?
WOW! This was just fantastic and I loved it! The whisky
that started me off on this journey was a Caol Ila, and the first bottle I
bought was a Laphroaig, both Islay malts, I love peaty whiskies! A Peaty, smoky malt with hints
of fruitiness; a balanced whisky with great depth and complexity This was my
favourite of the Compass Box whiskies and I went back for seconds after trying
the last Compass Box whisky we tried that afternoon. I am sure that this one will be on my shelf in the very near future.
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