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Compass Box Great King Street Artists Blend December 5 2013 mattveira I dont have the best experience with blends I was the guy that thought I was being cool and snobby got given a single malt and fell in love.

. I know that makes it sound like Im building up to something huge and I kind of am. Repost from the Compass Box grouping of reviews I just did. 54 malt 46 grain.

Much has changed in that decade not just for Compass Box but for this specific brand. I first wrote up Compass Boxs Great King Street Artists Blend in Spring 2012 and we are fast coming upon the 10th anniversary. The Artists Blends full recipe can be found on their site but it is comprised of 46 single grain whisky 37 single malt whisky and 17 blended malt whisky yes this is a blend.

462 grain whisky from Cameronbridge 297 malt whisky from Clynelish 161 Highland malt whisky blend and 8 malt whisky from Linkwood. According to Compass Boxs website it consists of 46 Lowland grain whisky 9 Speyside single malt and two Highland single malts make up the remaining 45. The Great King Street Artists Blend was my first Compass Box whisky a few years back and it opened my.

For this reason the Compass Box Great King Street Artists Blend squarely earns a 5 rating as a solid no frills every day dram. 7500 ml bottle - from 3999 3750 ml bottle - from 2599. Artists Blend 50cl Bottling Note.

Named for the address of Compass Boxs Edinburgh offices Great King Street is a new range of highly approachable whiskies which are aimed at not just whisky connoisseurs but at non-whisky drinkers and cocktail drinkers as well. Palate is a light summery whisky with a bit of orange peel grapefruit and a hint of pepper and brine. The New York Blend is the newer and more limited release whereas the Artists Blend is a permanent and ongoing expression.

Compass Box claims to have used archived recipes from the golden age of whiskymaking. Scotch Whisky 43 ABV Scotland. You now have FREE access to.

Scotlands capital city and Scotch whisky are both ideal platforms from which to create beautiful things. Malt Type Blend of single malt single grain whiskies. Artists Blend is a tribute to a time when blenders used an artistry creativity and craft to make this combination of flavourful single malt whiskies and delicate single grain whiskies one of the worlds most famous drinks.

There are two versions of Great King Street the Glasgow blend which is a peated verison and the Artists Blend. New distilleries like Kilchoman. The nose is on the savory side nodding at roasted meats toasted almonds well-roasted grains and ample pepper.

Great King Street is a separate line for Compass Box. Inspired by Edinburgh and made for creative drinking. Baked apples punchy baking spices tempered.

Compass Box Artist Blend. Compass Box Great King Street Artists Blend Producer. The recent scotch boom has done a lot for the industry besides just inexorably raise prices and introduce controversial NAS products.

Compass Box Great King St Artists Blend Rich round fruity. Compass Box Great King Street Artists Blend 43 ABV. One such blend is Compass Box Great King Street Artists Blend and composite of 50 Lowland grain whisky aged in first fill bourbon oak the rest from Speyside and Highland as single malts.

3 thoughts on Compass Box Great King Street Artists Blend Review Robert June 25 2013 at 408 pm. A review of Compass Box Great King Street Artists Blend Marrying Cask KWM Exclusive by talexander who rated this whisky 91100. The Great King Street line is Compass Boxs more budget-friendly line of blended whiskies.

The lions share of this blend 45 percent comes from a single grain whisky aged in. A musty floral nose with a bit of brine and citrus. The Artists Blend is a combination of rich fruity highland malt with vanilla flavored aged grain whisky from the lowlands.

John Glazer has established a premium artisan approach to whisky blending with his company Compass Box producing a variety of acclaimed blends for the shelf. This was rated Blended Whisky of the Year 2012 by Whisky Advocate magazine. On the palate things take a deeper dive into fruit and spice.

Compass Box Artist Blend 2021 This is a lovely soft and approachable blend though its never simplistic. Compass Box Great King Street Artists Blend Scotch. In Compass Boxs Words.

Cask Type A combination of sherry butts new French oak casks ex-bourbon hogsheads and American oak. Created as the standard bearer for Compass Boxs line of artfully and independently blended Scotch whiskies their other regular offerings are more. The quality is right and there are no flaws that I really feel the need to criticize so it fits nicely in the median.

7500ml bottle - from 3999 3750ml bottle - from 2599. Top 100 Spirits 2020. Compass Box Artist Blend is a tribute to Edinburgh and all of the painters and performers writers and restaurateurs who call it home.

Read the tasting notes and find other Compass Box whiskey reviews. Cameronbridge Clynelish Linkwood undisclosed Highland maltRegions. To that end Compass Box has launched a new brand Great King Street after the street on which Compass Box is headquartered and its first release is called Artists Blend The blend contains just over 50 Lowland grain whisky aged in first-fill American oak barrels.

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