Nose
Vanilla custard, coconut, and a soft cereal sweetness, with a little dried fruit from the sherry wood.
No. 33 · Grain
Compass Box Hedonism
Compass Box · Blended
The blended grain that treated column-still whisky as the point, not a filler. Compass Box rebuilds Hedonism each year. The bottle in the photograph is the 2026 release, 46%, with components aged up to 31 years in sherry and bourbon casks.
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- Distillery
- Compass Box
- Country / region
- Scotland · Blended
- Style
- Grain
- Year of release
- 2026
- Age statement
- No age statement. The 2026 blend includes whisky up to 31 years old.
- Bottles made
- An annual blended-grain release. Compass Box does not publish one outturn that covers every year, so this record does not invent one. The photograph is the 2026 bottling.
- ABV
- 46% on the 2026 bottling shown. Earlier editions have differed.
- Cask type
- Antique sherry casks and bourbon casks, for the 2026 release
- Approximate value
- The 2026 list price is £89.95. A fair recent band is about £80–£100. Approximate.
Tasting notes
Palate
Creamy and light on its feet: white chocolate, toasted oak, and a grain oiliness rather than malt weight.
Finish
Medium, sweet, then a gentle oak dryness.
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