Compass Box Hedonism Blended Grain / 43% / 0.7l

Compass Box Whisky Company was founded in 2000 by John Glaser, previously marketing director of UDV, the previous incarnation of Diageo.

The company specializes in blended whiskies and makes no secret of the ingredients from which they are blended. Hedonism is a blended grain whisky, part of the Signature Range, blended (depending on the batch) from distillates from Cameron Bridge, Port Dundas († 2010), Cambus († 1993), Dumbarton († 2002) and Carsebridge († 1983). It is bottled only twice a year due to the limited supply of distillates from closed distilleries. Whisky Compass Box records sales of about 180 thousand bottles a year.

Nose: vanilla cream, buttered popcorn, toffee, coconut flakes, peaches, tangerines, roasted peanuts and a pinch of pepper.

Taste: lots of vanilla and toffee, coconut flakes, pepper, traces of ginger and anise, orange peel and a delicate bitterness of oak in the background.

Finish: medium long, vanilla, toffee, coconut flakes, candied ginger and oak.