Whisky Forum - TN: The Peat Monster

Nicos · Single Malt Member Joined: 07 Aug 2015 Posts: 23

NV The Peat Monster - Compass Box

This was a Christmas gift to me from someone who knows that I do adore a well made peaty Scottish whisky. I was told that it contined three peaty whiskies and was pushed the name them. After nosing my glass for a few seconds, I reckoned that there was definitely Cool Ila in it, which I was told was correct. Plenty of saline and some light peat and it reminded me of the smells inside the distillery on my last visit to Caol Ila. The other two remind me of island whiskies, but I was not exactly sure which ones. One was a young Laphroaig and the other was a young Ledaig. They were all probably aged in bourbon barrel as the colour is light and I could not detect any sherry influence on the nose or palate. The mouthfeel is peaty, full salinity and a sabre strike of alcohol which I find a tad too rough. A decently made coastal whisky with some peat, but I would love to have seen this around 10 years old and aged in sherry cask.

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Kevin H · Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2017 10:15 pm Post subject:

Hi Nicos good to see you here. Thanks for the note. I'm tempted to get a bottle of this. I've read that as well as Islay malts it is supposed to also contain some Ardmore.

maz · Member Joined: 23 Nov 2016 Posts: 13 Location: Glasgow

Tried it a few times. I found it to have a nice hit of peat on the initial sip, but the flavour quickly disappears to nothing afterwards. Nice as a novelty dram if you have guests who like peaty drinks but doesn't compare to a Ardbeg etc for over all taste.

TheWM · Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2017 11:44 am Post subject:

I've got one open at the moment. Whilst branded a 'peat monster' it's not quite what it states in the tin. That said - my missus hates the stuff and it keeps her away from me so it's not all bad Laughing

I like it - a blenders job is to draw out the profiles of each individual whisky and make them come together and work in unison, which I think happens here and it has a healthy dose of Laphroaig (40% IIRC) so does have a decent amount of good medicinal peat in there.

Quaich1 · Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2017 1:00 pm Post subject:

I've had a bottle of this vatted malt opened for a while and this one seems to get even better with time. I quite like it.
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Timp · Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2017 4:46 pm Post subject:

Must admit I like it too. I find it a different proposition from the obs mentioned above and interestingly more complex than some of the so called peat monsters, of which this is not, as has been pointed out. All in the vatting as the WM mentioned. Nice dram Top Malt