Compass Box Great King St Glasgow Blend

If all blends were like this, I'd feel less inclined to shell out the big bucks for single malts. The nose is subtle here - some dried fruit sweetness, a bit nutty, some sneaky smoke at the end. Then, on the palate - rich, sherry and dried fruit with a hint of vanilla all wrapped in a cloud of peat smoke. It's all of the things I like in a scotch, really. And for a bargain.

A good combination of sherry and peat

Smoke Leather Icing sugar Dried fruit especially peel Sugar dusted jelly babies Strong Tea Royal icing This is a large slice of Christmas cake eaten in front of a roaring coal fire

I love this whisky. I get citrus (particularly Meyer lemons) and peat on the nose with some vanilla. The palate is sweet with mellow lemon and vanilla almost like a lemon chess pie with some peat going on in the background. The finish is moderate and sweet with more subtle peat tying everything together.

N: smoke, tobacco, leather, dried fruit (raisins?). A bit of sweetness from the grain, but mostly this is a drier blend. P: Charcoal, salt, some richer fruit. F: lingering bitterness, very dry.