The Last Vatted Grain Compass Box

Compass Box The Peat Monster

I've been drawn to heavy, guitar-driven music as long as I can remember. From Metallica, Guns N' Roses, Slayer, Pantera, and even AC/DC, louder was always better when I was learning to play. Looking back, AC/DC seems tame compared to some of the heavy music that has come out since. Even compared to Metallica, the Aussies seem good-natured and...

Score 86/100

Compass Box The Spice Tree

NOSE: at first typical speyside array of aromas, sherry, lovely orange zest, vanilla, cinnamon caramel. TASTE: really big on spice, pepper in particular, which transforms into wonderful speyside sweetness, which then gives way to tiramisu. FINSIH: lingering spicy milk chocolate. Overall impression: this is one masterpiece of a whisky. Very very...

Score 95/100

Compass Box The Lost Blend

I previously tried the Eleuthera (and even made a video in Paris), which is no longer in production and then became, quite litteraly, the lost blend from Compass Box. They now released this Lost Blend as an homage to the Eleuthera. The Lost Blend comes with three different labels that all depict items that are no longer used. The whisky consists...

Score 88/100

Compass Box Hedonism

The truth is I tasted this one a long time ago, even a year or more ago with a bunch of other CB’s and for some odd reason did not post my notes. Gladly I received another wee sample of this lovely dram for last month’s Compass Box twitter tasting, and this time around got to write my notes again. Compass box blends this Grain whisky twice a year...

Score 87/100