1901
Compass Box Great King St Artist's Blend
Blended — Scotland
Reviewed
December 5, 2020 (edited April 29, 2021)
Nose: apple, clover, frosties, sap, tile grout, orange barley
Palate: malty, pineapple, a bit grainy, pepper
Finish: wood, slightly bitter
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Semi-Final 1:
Compass Box King St. Artists Blend versus Old Pulteney 12yo
It lives up to the tagline of rich, round and fruity. It holds up well against stiff opposition and only marginally loses out tonight against OP12 based on a less complex nose. Nevertheless, I think this is a great blend and, based on some of the prices I see, great value for money. I might look to pick one up.
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The intolerable torment of a whiskyphile. I have too large a backlog of samples and miniatures to go through. Like selecting what to watch next on Netflix, often selecting a dram can take twice as long as drinking it. So I have picked sixteen scotch whiskies that are 12yrs or younger or NAS to battle it out in a Scotch Deathmatch. It’s my incentive to lighten the logjam. Follow along if you care (and really why should you?). Oh the drama!
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@02vettez06 good to hear I’m not alone too. Should we set up an indecisiveness support group?
“often selecting a dram can take twice as long as drinking it” So I’m not alone.
@CKarmios ah yes, the old Old Old argument 😀. It’s the Old Old i reckon, but i have acquired a bottle of the New Old
Artist's and Glasgow need to be purchased together and tasted SbS. @Anthology Ah, you already said that. I do have a question though: Did Artist's lose to the Old Old or the New Old - yes, we're back at this argument :-)
@Anthology the OP squeezed through to the final. I’ve never had the Glasgow blend - is it as good?
👍🏾 @1901 Haha you know it’s coming. Have you done SbS with the Glasgow blend? Also, which dram won this semi-final bout? Am I missing a sentence/paragraph...