PBMichiganWolverine
Compass Box The Circus
Blended — Scotland
Reviewed
April 22, 2018 (edited January 27, 2019)
Blending magic. Simple as that. I came home after a week of vacation in the rain forests of Costa Rica, and found a nice sample of this provided by a friend of mine. After a week of just one pour ( Glenfiddich Winter Storm), and daily juices of various fruits and berries, this dram was a welcome sight to sore eyes and taste buds. I can’t really describe it...it’s just a whirlwind of flavors...rich, oily, yet light and fruity. You definitely get the sherry (seems like oloroso), but you can tell there’s really high quality well aged grain in there too, from the fruity backbone. Why the hell didn’t I buy a bottle when it was readily available? Hindsight is 20/20, but for now...enjoying this.
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@LeeEvolved 😊
@Rick_M - I found a bottle of the super rare GlenDronach 16 Platinum and I finally bit the bullet on a couple bottles of the Laphroaig Friends 21yo. I had never heard of the GD16, but it’s apparently less than 300 total and they were all shipped to South Africa. Reviews are stellar, but I doubt I’ll ever open it. The benefactor of my bottle collection in my last will and testament, @Generously_Paul, will have a field day after I’m gone, lol.
@LeeEvolved - I found a good one today myself. Lagavulin 16, White Horse Distillery. Probably 1990’s vintage, but, more importantly, this is when they supposedly cut down on the phenol ppm’s. So, now I will finally see if it was much better back then, as I remember, or just my imagination.
@LeeEvolved, just ship them to @Slainte-Mhath and have him forward them to you! With a toll sample of each bottle of course. That is a fair compromise, no?
@Rick_M - they were bought by Anheuser Busch/InBev and due to US laws prohibiting direct to consumer shipping they can’t deliver to US customers in any state now. The way I read it, InBev will switch them to their distributor groups later on, but everywhere there is strict state controlled Spirits I don’t think they will be able to resume direct to consumer shipping. I hope that changes, but the 3-Tier System is pretty ironclad at the federal level. Who knows? I just know it sucks because I had 5-6 bottles I really wanted at MoM and now I’m shut out.
@LeeEvolved - why did they drop the US? Too many issues with delivery?
@Rick_M - I don’t have a Lagavulin 37, though. That’s taking the whisky game to the next level. Now that Master of Malt doesn’t deliver to the US anymore it doesn’t look like I’ll be getting that HP 40 either.
@LeeEvolved, you are my idol! :)
@PBMichiganWolverine - something(s) wonderful LOL
@LeeEvolved. Geez...what did you get?
@PBMichiganWolverine @Generously_Paul - it’s time for me to put my bottle collection up for auction and take the money and run. Time to try something else, something cheaper. Ah, who am I kidding- I just spent another $1200 on a European order. 🤦♂️
@Generously_Paul I wonder if this will go the route of the General. This and the No Name are the two best CBs I’ve had
You lucky duck! Wish I would have bought one as well. Can’t believe all the bottles I’ve been late to the party on
I had a sample of this sent to me by a mystery man, as well. I haven’t gotten around to drinking it yet. Glad it really delivers.
@PBMichiganWolverine - it’s a good one!