Compass Box The Peat Monster

Good blend, lighter mouthfeel but great smoke

I like this better than the ‘brown label’ Peat Monster, but not nearly as much as the Anniversary Edition of Peat Monster that carried the same label.

Sweeter peat than the brown label Peat Monster, although still very peaty. Just not as earthy or as Smoky as the original. I enjoy both, but the PLPM is a welcome tweak for my tastes.

Sampled at a tasting event held by the "Sonoma County Single Malt Society". I recognize the irony here. I should point out I typically do not like peaty whiskeys and this is no exception. I am 100% unqualified to rate a peated whiskey. Nose: Peat, smoke, ash, BBQ rub?, honestly this just smells to me like burning plastic. Flavor: Vanilla, sugar, Band-Aid, sweet and bitter, oak and smoke. Finish: Tar, tobacco, and barrel spices, medium length. I hate this so much. This tastes like what I have to imagine a tire fire smells like. I ate so many crackers just trying to get the taste out of my mouth and even after half a dozen crackers and several glasses of water a healthy pour of Hedonism just tasted like tar and death. Blech!