Whisk(e)y Wednesday - 2021-02-10

Hump day! Half way through the week ... I might make it to Friday and actually get a few things done as well (: Relaxing with Compass Box Oak Cross this evening. This is a blended malt of Highland single malts, aged in American Oak, and then some of it is moved to first fill French Oak - before being combined back together. Does all that work make for good whisky?

On the nose I find sweet fruit in the front, some spice as well. This seems to have hints that reminds me of a ginger beer or a ginger flavored hard apple cider. Touch of brine as well. The taste I get sweet with some baking spice, along with vanilla. I get some oak and some spice in the finish that hangs around. Adding water doesn't seem to change things much, the nose is more mellow and there is a bit more spice on the taste, but not really much. I probably prefer this neat. 

This is quite nice. I would say it's a little better than Compass Box Great King Street Artist's Blend - but not by much. It has a little more flavor going on. It's almost twice as much as Artist's Blend though - and it's not that much better (: Rated 3.5 / 5.0