Compass Box Hedonism

Compass Box Hedonism is a blended grain Scotch from Compass Box, marrying grain whiskies from more than one distillery. Blended grain is a rare category, built to show the soft, sweet, creamy side of grain rather than the punch of malt. Port Dundas grain, light and sweet, was a natural fit for blends like this.

Grain is distilled continuously in column stills rather than batch pot stills, giving a light, clean spirit that matures quickly and sweetly. Ex-Bourbon American oak shaped it, gentle wood that flatters light grain. Each year in the warehouse softened the spirit and deepened the cask sweetness. Marrying several grain whiskies lets the maker build a rounder, more layered profile than one cask could give.

At an approachable 43% it is smooth. The toasted oak gives vanilla, with the wood lactones lend coconut and a creme brulee note from the caramelised sugars, over the orchard and tropical fruit of mature grain. The palate is gentle, sweet and slow, with no rough edges. The finish is long, waxy and warming. A polished, sweet style of Scotch that wears its grain character with pride.