Compass Box The Peat Monster Cask Strength: Origin Story
Blended Malt
Compass Box // Scotland
This bottling celebrates the 20th anniversary of the first iteration of The Peat Monster, a collaboration between NYC's Park Avenue Liquors and Compass Box. This anniversary release highlights American coopers by finishing about half of the whisky for 3-4 months in specialty American white oak barrels (toasted and light #2 char) made by Independent Stave Company. Also, the barrels had been shipped to Scotland and filled with grain spirit for a year. The blended malt whiskies are as follows: "Williamson Islay Malt" aged in refill American oak hogsheads (35%); malt whisky from Caol Ila aged in refill American oak hogsheads (34.2%), American oak bourbon barrels (17.9%), and refill puncheons (11.
8%); and Compass Box's Highland Malt Blend aged in French oak barrels w/heavy toast (1.1%). Only 9,126 bottles worldwide, it's bottled at cask strength of 56.7% ABV. Availability begins March 2023. (SRP $125).
This bottling celebrates the 20th anniversary of the first iteration of The Peat Monster, a collaboration between NYC's Park Avenue Liquors and Compass Box. This anniversary release highlights American coopers by finishing about half of the whisky for 3-4 months in specialty American white oak barrels (toasted and light #2 char) made by Independent Stave Company. Also, the barrels had been shipped to Scotland and filled with grain spirit for a year. The blended malt whiskies are as follows: "Williamson Islay Malt" aged in refill American oak hogsheads (35%); malt whisky from Caol Ila aged in refill American oak hogsheads (34.2%), American oak bourbon barrels (17.9%), and refill puncheons (11.8%); and Compass Box's Highland Malt Blend aged in French oak barrels w/heavy toast (1.1%). Only 9,126 bottles worldwide, it's bottled at cask strength of 56.7% ABV. Availability begins March 2023. (SRP $125)
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Blended MaltComprised of malted whisk(e)y from two or more distilleries; aged in barrels; if Scotch or Irish, must be aged for at least three years.