Compass Box Peat Monster Arcana
Peated Blended Malt
Compass Box // Scotland
Compass Box Peat Monster Arcana is one of the bottlings released by the brand to celebrate its 20th anniversary. The breakdown of the blend: Talisker single malt matured in refill hogshead (72.9%), Miltonduff single malt matured in first-fill bourbon (10.6%), Ardbeg single malt matured in recharred barrels (6.
9%) and Compass Box Peat Monster at cask strength matured for over 2 years in refill custom French oak barrels with a heavy toast (9.6%). This is the first Compass Box whisky to include peated whiskies which were experimentally matured in their custom French oak barrels. Bottled at 46% without chill-filtration.
Compass Box Peat Monster Arcana is one of the bottlings released by the brand to celebrate its 20th anniversary. The breakdown of the blend: Talisker single malt matured in refill hogshead (72.9%), Miltonduff single malt matured in first-fill bourbon (10.6%), Ardbeg single malt matured in recharred barrels (6.9%) and Compass Box Peat Monster at cask strength matured for over 2 years in refill custom French oak barrels with a heavy toast (9.6%). This is the first Compass Box whisky to include peated whiskies which were experimentally matured in their custom French oak barrels. Bottled at 46% without chill-filtration. Only 8328 bottles are available worldwide as of October 2020.
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Cost
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abv46.0
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Peated Blended Malt100% malted barley from more than one distillery. Dried with peat.
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Cask Typerefill hogshead, first fill bourbon, recharred barrels, and custom French oak (heavy toast)
Tasting Notes
"You can almost smell of the viscosity of the spirit, with its sulfurous qualities and charbroiled meats on an herbaceous and salt-tinged nose, with menthol and BBQ smoke. The phenols pop on an oily palate, with coal, dried peat bricks, tar and iodine, as well as cinnamon Red Hots, vanilla, and a few drops of brine. The smoke keeps smoldering on the finish, with tannic oak, cigar ash, incense and black pepper."
Added by
Jake Emen
Score
85