Compass Box Hedonism

Natural color, brilliant presentation. Nose opens with old fashioned butterscotch candies and questionable honey, the kind that just may be cut with corn syrup. Old fashioned dry ginger ale, vanilla butter-cream frosting and something rich and sharp underneath it all that reminds me of Irish cream or white cheddar popcorn. Once on the palate it's unbelievably smooth, even buttery, with some grilled peppers and coconut that carries through the finish with faint (very faint) wisps of sweet charcoal smoke. It's a fascinating, creative and quality dram, for sure, but I still can't justify the overweight price tag. Thanks as usual goes to our supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Pranay for the ALMOST FULL FIFTH! A RIGHT-HONORABLE, STAND-UP FELLOW, IF-THERE-EVER-WAS-ONE, FULL-STOP.

Nick: "the best whisky I've had"

This whisky grows on you. With all the great reviews, it at first comes across without a bang. However, it is a wonderful mix of rich flavors, quite creamy, that definitely grows on you, and forces you to have more. True hedonism.