The aromas and flavours hint of vanilla, caramel, a delicate fruitiness, accented by flashes of coconut in the finish. “The inspiration behind our whisky HEDONISM is just that – pleasure, enjoyment, a celebration of that ideal marriage between distilled spirit and high quality oak maturation. In Compass Box’s Words: Compass Box Hedonism And while it’s not one of my favorite categories, it’s definitely a category that’s worth exploring.
With the two different styles of Port Dundas grain (ex-Bourbon and Rejuvenated Hogshead) playing the part of the traditional single malts the Compass Box Hedonism brings something interesting and alluring to the grain whisky category. Not a single grain, but a blended grain, Hedonism contains grain from two different distilleries with the ex-Bourbon Cameron Bridge taking more of a traditional grain role and making up 66% of the blend. It’s the one area in whisky where you’re able to get Scotch at 30, 40 or 50+ years of age for relatively small sums of money and Compass Box Hedonism has been there, quietly making subtle waves for years. Occasionally, if needed, a slight percentage of older grain may be used to bring it to be “Hedonism”.Over the last 5ish years the grain whisky category has been heating up. It has always been 100% first fill bourbon barrels from the various grain distilleries, using only 2-3 sourcings the average age in each batch typically falls between 19-21 yrs, with a balance of youthful grain around 12-14 and older grain around 28-29. Throughout its existence, what has allowed Hedonism to maintain a consistency of excellence is our painstaking selection of specific grain whisky barrels in Scotland. And we only bottle Hedonism once or twice a year, when we find casks with the right flavor profile. For Hedonism, we search for very old casks of Scotch grain whiskies that are 13-28 years in age. Today, most Scotch grain whisky gets blended into the big brand names, typically at young ages. Going back 100 years, grain whisky brands were more common, but they were overtaken in popularity by the big brands of blended Scotch, which comprised both grain whisky and malt whisky. It is very rare to see 100% grain whisky bottling, even in Scotland. Hedonism is unusual in the Scotch whisky world: a 100% Scotch grain whisky.
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