High Coast Timmer - Peat Smoke Whisky 70cl

Had visitors some time back - knowing my ancestry is Norwegian they brought Swedish whisky just to spite me. They did NOT succeed. After two careful sips I was sold. Great whisky! Almost like a mild Islay. My only complaint was related to the hole someone had made in the bottle - contents disappeared too quickly.

This version is a new gem. Grassy peat arrival like Ardbeg, bandage funk as in Longrow in the development, and long finish with the citrus notes as in Caol Ila. You can never tell it is not a scotch in a blind tasting. Consider the natural resources Sweden has, it is very similar to those of Scotland. Sea breeze, cold temperature, natural peat, local barley, and people with lots of passion. You can believe good whiskey comes out from the combination of these. One other impressive stuff is the transparency of the whisky making. You can obtain "all the information of the casks and ages in this whiskey" from an excel spreadsheet on the websites. I think this is because they are not bound by the rules of Scotch Whisky Association. They are free to publish everything in the bottle. Compass Box will be envied by this freedom.

I really enjoyed this. Heavy on the peat, but very fresh and fruity. Can easily compete with the heavy hitters.