Most of our Whisky Ladies are no strangers to the often remarkable Compass Box blends. As a group, we’ve sampled the delightful Asyla, Great King Street – Artists Blend and the unique Hedonism. Independently, some of us have tasted many more…
For some time now, we’ve wanted to enjoy a focused session exploring Compass Box offerings… and found our chance on a monsoon evening in July 2017!
It began as a trio, yet morphed into a quintet – oh my! And no ordinary set either… no siree! We found ourselves exploring several limited edition avatars too..
Here is what we tried a Compass Box quintet of:
- Spice Tree Extravaganza Special Edition (Aug 2016) 46% – An indulgent Thanksgiving feast of a whisky!
- Great King Street Experimental Batch TR-06 (Sept 2013) 43% – A mouth-watering delicate balance between sweet, light spice and smoke
- Hedonism 43% – Exquisite! Coconut cream meets fresh oranges
- Flaming Heart 15th Anniversary Limited Edition (July 2015) 48.9% – A Game of Thrones whisky of Iron Isle, sex and dragons – complex, multi-layered, addictive and unforgettable
- Peat Monster 46% – Dramatic dram that get’s straight to its peaty point
As always, the distinctive designs, superb craftsmanship and unique take on different whisky profiles was impressive. What a treat to try these together!
Related Compass Box posts:
- Asyla 40% – A beautiful woman – light, soft fruits and perfume delight
- Great King’s Cross Artist’s Blend & Glasgow Blend 43% – Two contrasting ends of a well crafted spectrum from citrus spice to smokey sweet
- Hedonism 43% – Unusual, unique and one you either love or not… however clearly unforgettable
- Juveniles 46% – Uncomplicated, sprightly and playful
- Spice Tree 46% – Think roasted spices with zest à la chilli chocolate…
- The Peat Monster 46% – No hairy scary monster, it is rich, peaty and surprisingly well-balanced
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Really looking forward to find out what you thought of these drams. From the entire quintet, I only reviewed the Spice Tree Extravaganza on my blog. A rather reserved but very beautiful whisky. I also tried the Flaming Heart at a friend’s place a few months ago and was more than impressed! What a great dram! Hedonism was the first grain whisky I tried deliberately and I have to admit I did not enjoy it too much at first. But over time I developed quite a liking for grains and now I’m a Hedonism fan as well. Sometimes, you gotta give it more than one shot, I guess… 😉
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We quite enjoyed the Spice Tree Extravaganza – good start to our eve! Flaming Heart is indeed VERY impressive! And I’m with you on Hedonism growing on me too… As for more details… read on in the next few days. 🙂
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