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  • Peat Monster 10th Anniversary

    Peat Monster 10th Anniversary Park Avenue Edition Cask Strength (54.7%, Compass Box, 2014) 54.7% ABV $80-120 for 75cl Score: 88/100 What they say: We can’t quite believe it but it is ten years since we created a bespoke blend of… Continue reading

    Peat Monster 10th Anniversary
  • Great King Street Experimental Batch #00-V4

    Compass Box Great King Street Experimental Batch #00-V4 (43%, Compass Box, 2014) 43% ABV, £33 for 70cl Score: 78/100 What they say: Since the launch of the Artist’s Blend in 2011 we’ve been thinking about the style of the second… Continue reading

    Great King Street Experimental Batch #00-V4
  • Great King Street Experimental Batch #TR-06

    Great King Street Experimental Batch #TR-06 (43%, Compass Box, 2014) 43% ABV, £33 for 70cl Score: 75/100 What they say: Since the launch of the Artist’s Blend in 2011 we’ve been thinking about the style of the second permanent whisky… Continue reading

    Great King Street Experimental Batch #TR-06
  • Hedonism

    Compass Box Hedonism (43%, Compass Box, 2014) 43% ABV, £55 for 70cl Score: 85/100 What they say: Our bottlings of Hedonism are made from a combination of eight to 15 casks of grain whisky from distilleries such as Cameron Bridge,… Continue reading

    Hedonism
  • Peat Monster

    Compass Box The Peat Monster (46%, Compass Box, 2014) 46% ABV, £37 for 70cl Score: 86/100 What they say: For those who love big, rich, peaty and smoky malt whiskies, this is your whisky. Bottled at 46%, “The Peat Monster”… Continue reading

    Peat Monster
  • Spice Tree

    Compass Box Spice Tree (43%, Compass Box, 2014) 43% ABV, £38 for 70cl Score: 84/100 What they say: Our storied malt whisky The Spice Tree is made from Highland malt whiskies which we age in custom-made casks fitted with new… Continue reading

    Spice Tree
  • Oak Cross

    Compass Box Oak Cross (46%, Compass Box, 2014) 46% ABV, £36 for 70cl Score: 84/100 What they say: We call this whisky Oak Cross because it offers the best characteristics of both American and French oak aging. A rich, medium-bodied… Continue reading

    Oak Cross
  • Glen Spey 12 Years Old Flora and Fauna

    Glen Spey 12 Years Old Flora and Fauna (43%, OB, 2014) Category: Speyside single malt scotch whisky Origin: Glen Spey Distillery Bottling: Diageo ABV: 43% Cost: £40.99 Score: 70/100 What they say: The Scots Pines beside the ruins of Rothes Castle,… Continue reading

    Glen Spey 12 Years Old Flora and Fauna
  • SMWS 76.120 Sweetie shop wish list

    Mortlach 10 Years Old 2004 76.120 Sweetie shop wish list (58.9%, SMWS, 1st Fill Bourbon Barrel, 230 Bottles, 2014) 58.9% ABV, £48.40 for 70cl Score: 86/100 What they say: The nose was a sweetie shop wish list – Dolly Mixtures,… Continue reading

    SMWS 76.120 Sweetie shop wish list
  • Water Of Life Society Tasting 14/1 – Tour Of The Regions (17/09/2014)

    Water Of Life Society Tasting 14/1 Tour Of The Regions (17/09/2014) For the inaugural Whisky Tasting of the Edinburgh University Water Of Life Society (WOLS) 2014/2015 season we began again with a tour of the Malt Whisky Regions of Scotland.… Continue reading