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Compass Box Great King St Glasgow Blend
Blended — Scotland
Reviewed
December 28, 2016 (edited April 5, 2017)
The best thing about the Glasgow Blend is the label. I don't mean that dismissively. It's just that I'm a big fan of Compass Box's graphic design. The label here is fantastic. I'd buy a poster of it and frame it. I wish I had as much to say about the actual whisky, though. Much like it's brother - The Artists Blend - this dram is entirely serviceable and comes at a fair price. Good neat, better in a cocktail, it's Laphroaig-y on the nose with medicinal/phenolic notes and unremarkable apple and citrus in arrival and development. I'm probably giving you the impression I don't care for this dram, but that's not it at all. It's really pretty good. It's just that, for me, when I want peat there are better options available in my bar. Where I think the Artists blend shines, though, is mixed drinks. When you need a bit of smoke to punch up a cocktail, I'd reach for this. The Blood & Sand, for example, is a great way to use the Artists Blend.
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