Compass Box No Name No. 3

Nose: peaty medicinal bandaid Palate: sweet oily Laphroaig with sweetness Finish: needs slightly more bottom notes Sample from Horny Pony

NOSE Peat, plasticy funk, saline, vanilla, iodine, printer’s ink, citrus, vanilla frosting and some nutty spice. “It smells like Bowmore”. My initial whiff, that’s all I could think of was Bowmore with that plasticy funk that it gets. As it opened it got more complex, but that Bowmore note still dominated. PALATE Peat, plasticy funk, saline, vanilla, iodine, printer’s ink, citrus, vanilla frosting and a tad biscuity with some nutty spice. There is a slight spirity note that comes and goes giving it a nice minerality at times, but overall, like the nose, it tastes like a rather nice Bowmore. FINISH Long -> Plasticy funk, Honey Nut Cheerios, spice and vanilla.

Wow. Just wow. Really nice.

Tried at a whiskey bar. Nose is all briny peat. Laphroaig is dominant (obviously). Palate is briny and fruity and the same time. A soft peat and leather of the Bowmore tones the brine down on the palate and finish. Finish is long and complex with peat, earth, and fruit.