Lets talk about this one. If grain whiskies are a little scarce, a blended grain whisky is definitively a rarity. It is not a rarity as "rare & old" would mean (because compass box is popular and this is one of their core whiskies) but rare as a whisky species. Just for you to understand what i mean, i found myself drinking one after 191 whisky reviews. Grain whiskies are made of rye, wheat or corn, and they werent on the market till recent years (20 years or so), because they aren't usually as good as malt whiskies and the whole grain whisky production went to blended scotch expressions. Having said that, vatted grain is very unlikely. Compass box has this reputation in the world of blending and they give us "Hedonism". Bottled at 43% abv, it has a pale staw color. Natural, non chill filtered. It is a very simple dram. On the nose, the normal grain whisky notes: butter and corn, maybe wet green grass, petrichor. Only one note was out of the normal and i think it was interesting but not enough to say "it has an outstanding aroma": sprite or 7up cola. Yep, it smells like sprite from the Coca Cola Company. (18 out of 25 points on the nose). On the palate is not so enjoyable. Creamy feeling, the notes are clove, a hot full sensation but not unpleasant, butter and cereal. Finish is boring, not long and if it were i dont think i would enjoy having the feeling for long. I made a research on this dram, it says its a blend of two different port dundas (different cask that is) and a cameron bridge (never had either before). I know there are people that would enjoy it more than i do, but it just isn't my kind of dram. I give this one a 74 over 100 and it is the lowest score from the group of samples i have been tasting lately. My final thoughts on this one: it feels like it was useless to blend grain whiskies, it tastes as if it were a single grain and nothing interesting came from it, as if it was made just to sell you the experience of ever having a blended grain but not giving you the quality you expect on a whisky. I wouldn't buy a whole bottle, but in its defense, it is better than David Beckham's Haig Club.