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Compass Field’s new restricted version launch is easy with its identify: Experimental Grain Whisky. From the get-go, you recognize that what you might be about to attempt is totally different, and the whisky makers at Compass Field pleasure themselves on it.
Experimental Grain Whisky sources from whiskies made by The Loch Lomond Distillery, The Cameronbridge Distillery, The North British Distillery and its personal Hedonism Blended Grain Whisky.
The parcel of whisky from Loch Lomond distillery, is, largely, what makes this Scotch so experimental. In keeping with Compass Field’s web site, it’s “solely a pot nonetheless away from being a single malt.” They imply that each one the grain used for this whisky was malted barley — the required grain for Scotch single malt — however was distilled in a column nonetheless, not a pot nonetheless. Solely malted barley distilled in a pot nonetheless from a single distillery might be deemed a Scotch single malt.
Lead whisky maker James Saxon mentioned in a press launch that utilizing this almost-but-not-quite-single-malt as a part of a blended grain whiskey “seems like a spy touring underneath a false passport,” he continues, “We love this stress that so usually exists between the principles and a contemporary willingness to do issues in a different way, in pursuit of taste.”
The packaging nods to the spirit of experimentation behind the whisky. The field is roofed in printed sticky notes with fragments of concepts behind the idea of the whisky and distilling course of. The pops of shade make it stand aside on the shelf in opposition to the extra conventional monochrome packages of different whiskies.
Experimental Grain Whisky grew to become out there within the U.S. in April of 2022 and Compass Field disclosed that solely 6,142 bottles will likely be launched worldwide.
Compass Field Experimental Grain Whisky (picture by way of Compass Field)
Tasting Notes: Experimental Grain Whisky
Very important Stats: No age assertion, no coloring added, 46% ABV, not chill-filtered, SRP $150.
Look: The liquid is a transparent, pale golden yellow.
Nostril: The nostril begins off with notes of honey, toffee, and malt. This candy expands into pear and apple with only a trace of smoke. On the very finish, robust, floral vanilla comes ahead.
Palate: The palate is totally different than I used to be anticipating from the nostril. Brilliant granny smith apple and grass take the forefront, with milk chocolate behind it. There may be some smoke however solely a hint, just like the nostril. Some honey (lower than the nostril) stays, as does the cereal/malt high quality — particularly on the finish. An extended end begins with spice and ends with spearmint.
