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Producing WhiskyCast has given me the opportunity to taste some really amazing whiskies, and I’m pleased to share my tasting notes with you here. You can search my entire database of tasting notes from this page, and I hope you’ll find it useful.

Compass Box The Peat Monster Cask Strength

Country: Scotland

Region:

Type: Blended Malt

Bottler: Compass Box

ABV: 57.3%

Score: 93 Points

The Peat Monster Cask Strength. Photo ©2015 by Mark Gillespie.This release marks Compass Box’s 15th anniversary in 2015, and is the cask-strength version of the regular Peat Monster blended malt.

The nose has — as you might expect — a strong peatiness, ash, and hints of vanilla and oak underneath. The taste is intense, smoky, medicinal, and ashy with blast furnace-level smokiness that fades slowly to reveal citrusy notes of grapefruit and lemon, along with oak and vanilla. The finish is short with the same citrusy notes of grapefruit and lemon, along with a lingering soft smokiness. Outstanding! (June, 2015)

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