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Compass Box The Peat Monster Reviews
- Distillery
- Compass Box
- Style
- Blended
- Release
- Unspecified
- Age
- Unspecified
- Alcohol
- 46% abv.
- Region
- Scotland
- Bottled For
- Distillery
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For those who love big, rich, peaty and smoky malt whiskies, this is your whisky. Bottled at 46%, 'The Peat Monster' combines extremely smoky malt whisky from Islay with medium-peated Highland whiskies to create a balanced and approachable monster, but a monster nonetheless.
Compass Box The Peat Monster
Review by Sovereigngracer
- Palate
- Tastes like Caol Ila plus Ardbeg. Grown folks with patience will enjoy.
- Finish
- lasting and memorable, perfect balance.
I had to stand up for the Peat Monster. It has a bit more flavor than Ardbeg 10, and with all the great reviews on Ardbeg, I'm surprised Peat Monster isn't a fav. There is more than peat here. It is light in the finish, sweet, challenging, and satisfying. You have to drink it carefully, or you'll choke and cough, but treat her right, and she rewards you with flavor. I love peat and smoke, but I also like sweetness without a mediciny taste like Laproig. This is highly recommended and can be found for $50 here.
Compass Box The Peat Monster
Review by Mr Darcy
- Color
- Sunlight
- Nose
- Rubber tire, Smoke meat, Vanilla, Cream brule.
- Body
- Full
- Palate
- Soddy, Ash, Salty, Sweet malt.
- Finish
- Warm sweet earthy arival, nutty, veggietable, Iodine, middle long slow smokey oily finish.
This Compass points to Islay
Compass Box The Peat Monster
Review by Anonymous
- Color
- Very light
- Nose
- Very peaty, it was enjoyable
- Body
- Not very full bodied
- Palate
- Just lots of peat flavor at first, but as the peat flavor subsided after each sip, it tasted more like a tequila than a scotch
- Finish
- Finishes like an ok tequila
Definitely peaty which I liked, but not much else going on in my opinion.
Compass Box The Peat Monster
Review by SD Scott
- Color
- Opaque, pear, pale
- Nose
- Tremendous amount of peat. BOOM BABY! Followed a with a little caramel/vanilla maybe? Oakish...
- Body
- I consider Highland 12 a full bodied scotch. I would say The Peat Monster is a 3/4 full body. Not quite the thickness of Highland 12 but almost there.
- Palate
- Peat like no other, finishes with a soft almost oak flavor.
- Finish
- Finish is a good length. Not too short and not incredibly long. Such a nice finish with great aftertaste. For me, I keep taking the oak flavor for a while. And I'm not complaining.
Lots of peat and flavor with a smooth finish. Personally, I love a really peaty scotch. This is my first blend but I could easily drink this all night long...
Compass Box The Peat Monster
Review by Wtl.base
- Color
- Pale straw.
- Nose
- Floral notes, some tropical fruit, gentle peat and smoke, warm apple cider, young vegetables.
- Body
- Light to medium, crisp.
- Palate
- Well-integrated malt and peat. Wonderful balance, slightly on the sweet side but with a touch of spice.
- Finish
- Very warm, long and dry. Spice and fruit fade away first, followed by longer lasting smoke; faint seaweed lingers on.
Apparently there has been more than one version of PM; I purchased my bottle in early 2010 in Ontario, Canada. A happy marriage where the sum is bigger than the parts, bottled the way it should be, this is a robust, finely balanced dram of great development and complexity. It takes water well - worth experimenting. A few drops reveal a lighter floral bouquet; there is so much more here than just peat. It really needs time, however. Magnificent whisky in modest no-nonsence presentation.
Compass Box The Peat Monster
Review by Hoonerific
- Color
- Light
- Nose
- Wonderfully Peaty
- Body
- A little too thin
- Palate
- Peat and repeat :)
- Finish
- peat and gasoline
I could sit around and sniff this all day, but drinking it is a different story. It was okay, but NOT worth the price! I LOVE peat whiskys and this one definately had enough peat...but not much else. The finish was less than desirable.
Compass Box The Peat Monster
Review by Yescalero
- Color
- Pale Straw
- Nose
- Burnt paet with a hint of sweet malt
- Body
- Light with some oily viscosity
- Palate
- Strong peat flavor with a little sweetness.
- Finish
- Burnt peat
These guys messed up some perfectly good Islay whisky by blending it with other crap. Very one dimensional, and points are deducted for being overpriced!
Compass Box The Peat Monster
Review by Anonymous
- Color
- No caramel,non chill-filtered Hoorah!,clear straw
- Nose
- smoke,slight citrus
- Body
- Although I prefer oily malts generally, I find this light bodied and easy-drinking offering quite nice.
- Palate
- smoke,touch of salt,vanilla in background along with hint of citrus tang
- Finish
- Short finish with slightest sour note.
I find it laughable how Caol Ila rates so highly among testers yet this vatted,which is I believe mostly Caol Ila, gets dubious remarks..Perhaps the vatting with other malt(s) compromises the anticipated instead of marrying successfully? Not a bad intro for beginners to Islay characteristics. REVIEWER FROM CLAREMONT,ONTARIO,CANADA
Compass Box The Peat Monster
Review by Anonymous
- Color
- light amber
- Nose
- slightly earthy
- Body
- medium
- Palate
- mediocre taste
- Finish
- short finish,disappointing
For being advertised as a Peat Monster,this is certainly disappointing in that catagory.If you want strong peatiness,go with Lagavulin or Laphroaig.This pale in comparison
Compass Box The Peat Monster
Review by Anonymous
- Color
- very light
- Nose
- peaty antiseptic
- Body
- thin and smooth, very sweet
- Palate
- face first dive in a peat bog
- Finish
- warm and long, very little bite
ill simply say that id buy this bottle again
Compass Box The Peat Monster
Review by Colin
- Color
- Very pale yellow, with floaties.
- Nose
- Peat smoke. A hint of malt.
- Body
- Light and thin.
- Palate
- Peat smoke.
- Finish
- Lingering peat smoke.
This is exactly as they describe on the box. Lots of peat, but mellow like a highland. There is no complexity here. Just peat. It lacks the character of a single. There's nothing bad about it, but there sure isn't much good either.