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Compass Box The Peat Monster Blended Malt Scotch Whisky 750ml

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Hello. You're holding a bottle of THE PEAT MONSTER, our single malt Scotch whisky named for its big, peaty, smoky style. You'll find this whisky is about balance -- the balance between the power of smoky Islay malt whisky and rich Highland malt. We are artisan whiskymakers. For us, making whisky is like making art. You begin with an idea, a vision. You form it using both traditional practice and your own inspiration. Then you share it with the world. This is what we do. Through careful cask selection, artful blending of flavours, use of the highest quality oak and innovative thinking, we create delicious whiskies that combine richness, balance and purity of flavour. I hope you enjoy our work. Display Tubes/Boxes: Display boxes subject to availability.

Product Specs

Alcohol by Volume46.0%
Country of OriginScotland
UPC832889006213

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Awards & Scores

Critic reviews and blind-tasting competition results for this bottle.

Entered under other names. Some of these results were entered under another name of this whisky. Each one shows the name it was entered as.

What critics and judges wrote

Whisky Advocate · John Hansell · 2010
I particularly enjoy the rich maltiness and oily texture that provide firm bedding and flavor contrast to the classic Islay notes: tar, boat docks, brine, smoked olive, seaweed, and kiln ash. … Long, warming finish.
Read the full review on whiskyadvocate.com
Whisky Advocate Top 20 · #9 · 2020
The much-beloved Peat Monster was recently given a new recipe designed to create greater depth and elegance. The peat influence, while still omnipresent, is now more subtle. … The palate is creamy in texture …
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IWSC judges · Silver · 2024
Enjoy foggy smoke and fruity peat, with apple, pineapple, mango, and melon. Soft and pleasantly mouth filling with balance from spice, peat, and ripe fruits.
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Silver · 90 pts2025iwsc.net ↗
Vanilla and cinnamon roll complemented by sweet woodsmoke and hickory. On the palate, strawberry leaf and brown butter emerges, complemented by medium peat and a hint of citrus.
Silver · 90 pts2023iwsc.net ↗
Beautifully restrained on the nose with a green fruit underpin, combining with layers of subtle peat and cracked black pepper. The bright palate evolves on the palate, enriched with sweet toffee.
Silver2021iwsc.net ↗
Mellow and delightfully complex with big flavours of creamy vanilla, maple syrup and a touch of freshly cut grass. Possesses a nicely elongated, sweet, smoky finish.
Distiller · Amanda Schuster
The nose is akin to apples and pears being roasted over mesquite on a beach (brine, sweet smoke, fruit). Milk chocolate coats the palate along with smoked ham, sweet thyme, rosemary, raspberries, and pipe tobacco smoke.
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Entered as Compass Box The Peat Monster (Classic Brown Label)Bacon bits, toasted cereal, and peat smoke are followed by sweet tastes of honey, lemon and sea salt. … doesn't create a super smoke bomb, but rather provides a layered and complex dram.
World Whiskies Awards judges · Silver · 2025
On the palate, the peat becomes warmer, revealing comforting smoke, ripe fruit, and soft spices, with a well-integrated cask influence. The overall impression is balanced, featuring a slight alcoholic kick on the finish, …
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Show 2 more notes, 2021 to 2024
The nose presents feinty, woody scents, a hint of salinity, sweet BBQ peat transition smoothly to a palate of sea smoke, brine, and leather. It is a dry experience with Islay smoke reminiscent of Ledaig, cheese brine, and saltiness.
Very smoky, with strong peaty notes throughout. Malty on the nose, some notes of straw, and some woody, nutty flavours. Some apricot. Nicely balanced. The finish is short.
Wine Enthusiast · P.P. · June 2006
An intensely smoky initial bouquet which then becomes creamy, concentrated, citrusy, mash-like, and very malty. At palate entry heavily smoked flavors of charred barley and kippers appear … An elegant malt despite its moniker.
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Competition medals

San Francisco World Spirits Competition
Silver 2025Silver 2024Silver 2022
International Spirits Challenge

14 medals from 4 competitions, 2017 to 2025.

Tasting Notes

Flavor profile

How strongly each flavor family shows up across 14 notes from 6 publications, weighted by source.

  • Herbal & greensmoky green tea, sweet thyme, rosemary, strawberry leaf, a touch of freshly cut grassA hint
  • Fruitysubtle citrus fruit, citrusy, lemon, apples and pears, raspberriesLight
  • Sweetsweet, honey, caramel-like, sweet tastes of honey, Milk chocolateLight
  • Oak & maltrich maltiness, very malty, charred barley, toasted cereal, woody scentsLight
  • Smokeclassic Islay notes: tar, smoked olive, kiln ash, intensely smoky, heavily smoked flavorsClear
  • Spicemore subtle cracked peppercorn, mustard seed, cinnamon roll, warm spices, soft spicesA hint

Flavor map

Compass Box The Peat Monster against other Scotch whiskies we carry. Closer dots taste more alike.

← More delicateRicher →Less smokySmokier →Compass Box ThePeat MonsterTalisker StormArdbeg Corryvreckan'The Ultimate'Bruichladdich PortCharlotte HeavilyPeated 10 Year Old

Closest Scotch whiskies at a similar price: Talisker Storm ($99.98), Ardbeg Corryvreckan 'The Ultimate' ($149.96), and Bruichladdich Port Charlotte Heavily Peated 10 Year Old ($89.98).

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Each whisky's place on the map, from 0 to 10.

WhiskyRichSmokyPrice
Compass Box The Peat Monster (this bottle)6.18.0$99.98
Ardbeg 'Anamorphic'6.08.0$249.96
Talisker Storm6.38.0$99.98
Ardbeg Corryvreckan 'The Ultimate'6.37.9$149.96
Bruichladdich Port Charlotte Heavily Peated 10 Year Old5.87.9$89.98
Lagavulin Distillers Edition6.48.1$299.96
Ardbeg 'Uigeadail'6.57.9$89.96
Ardbeg Traigh Bhan 19 Year Old6.07.4$399.96
Ardbeg 25 Year Old6.17.3$1,499.96
Ardbeg Anthology 'The Harpy's Tale' 13 Year Old6.07.3$249.96
Laphroaig 10 Year Old5.68.5$99.98
Talisker 10 Year Old6.27.3$99.98
Lagavulin 16 Year Old7.08.1$119.97
Johnnie Walker Double Black5.38.5$44.97
Bowmore 12 Year Old5.77.1$69.98
Ardbeg 'Auriverdes'5.07.5$499.96
Talisker 2022 Special Release 11 Year Old5.66.9$199.96
Laphroaig 10 Year Old Sherry Oak Finish6.76.9$149.96
Ardbeg An Oa5.37.0$84.98
Talisker Distillers Edition5.56.8$119.96
Kilchoman Sanaig5.17.1$85.98
Kilchoman Machir Bay5.36.9$75.98
Ardbeg 'Wee Beastie' 5 Year Old5.29.1$66.98
Benriach The Smoky Ten Three Cask Matured 10 years5.76.5$64.98
The Glendronach Ode To The Embers Sherry & Smoke5.26.5$99.98
Lagavulin 12 Year Old Cask Strength5.06.6$299.96
Ardbeg Anthology 'The Unicorn's Tale' 14 Year Old7.06.3$249.96
Glenglassaugh Portsoy4.66.7$84.98
Johnnie Walker Green Label 15 Year Old5.95.9$74.97
Talisker 25 Year Old5.46.0$1,099.96

Flavor scores are our estimates. A flavor scores higher when more critics mention it and when they describe it more strongly, so no single review sets the result. They are not a rating from any publication.

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