Compass Box Great King St., Glasgow Blend, 43% abv.

The blend consists of 34% Cameronbridge, 35% Benrinnes (sherried), 17% Laphroaig, 8% Clynelish, 2% Miltonduff, and 4% Highland Malt (60% Clynelish, 20% Dailuaine, 20% Teaninich). The Clynelish was supposedly finished in new French oak, but not sure which "portion" was and it's so small, so who knows what effect it might have? This blend was motivated by a book in the 1930s that said Glasgowians liked their whiskies extremely flavorful. Label depicts a picture of The Wellington Statue outside of Glasgow's Gallery of Modern Art, with the traffic cone hat.

Nose: mostly light peat, lemon, light honey, chimney sensation without the smoke, raspberries. After awhile, its mostly fruity peat-wood, couldn't say it's sherry.

Palate: easy going, but not too smooth, creamy, mouthfeel is the main pont here. Light wood, light peat, initially there is honey, but it subsides pretty quickly. Light malt juice overall.

Finish: medium to long, light honey and light spice.

The fruity peat-wood nose and taste is a main focus and that mouthfeel is quite nice. A very nice dram at the lower abv. I would love to see a natural blend version. Had this at Bar Feather, Seoul, South Korea.

Grade: C

Whiskyanalysis.com, 8.53 ± 0.24 on 15 reviews
Whiskyfun.com, Serge Valentin, sgp:554, 85 points
Thewhiskeyjug, Josh Peters, 84/100
Whisky advocate, Jonny McCormick, 88 points
Whiskynotes, Ruben Luyten, 2018 bottle, 81/100
Ralfy, 84/100

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