Reverend357
Compass Box Orangerie
Flavored Whiskey — Scotland
Reviewed
December 28, 2017 (edited January 10, 2018)
Not really your every day Whisky, but I wanted to see what Compass Box is able to do "at their worst". If this is their worst, hell, I need to try some other stuff. On the nose, you get - big surprise - bitter orange notes, together with cloves and some pepper. The taste starts rather bitter too, then the orange and a bit of honey kick in. Not very sweet, that surprised me. Unlike most orange flavored liquor you still get a taste of the single malt in there. Barley notes, vanilla. Typical highland. Granted, all a bit muted behind the orange, but it is there. Finish is spicy, orange, but rather short. Would I use this as every day dram? No. But it's an alternative to stuff like Cointreau and Grand Manier, when the orangy bug bites me again. Plus, not that expensive.
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I can see why people wouldn't like this. I won't try it again either. Turns out there's enough oranges in there to trigger an allergic reaction. It's good, but not that good. Usually doens't happyn with orange based booze....oh well. Now I know^^
The only CB I didn't like. One can do much worse than this
Nice review!