Compass Box Orchard House - Lego Advent Day 3

The Whisky

Compass Box can sometimes be almost hilariously committed to transparency so in this case I can tell you this is made from:
 

- 39% Linkwood Distillery, First Fill Bourbon Barrel
- 29% Clynelish Distillery, First Fill Bourbon Barrel
- 20% Benrinnes Distillery, First Fill Bourbon Barrel
- 8% Distillery near the town of Aberlour, Revatted Oloroso Sherry Seasoned Butt
- 2% Highland Malt Blend, eigenes Frensch Oak Barrel – Heavy Toast
- 2% Caol Ila Distillery, First Fill Bourbon Barrel 

And when you are starting with those goodies you'd better do a good job.

Compass Box nail it. Especially at this price point  (€40). There's a reason it won the OSWA for best blended whisky.

One thing I will note is that I recently finished a bottle of Benrinnes which I kept forgetting I had but always regretted not buying more bottles of it when I had a dram. The Benrinnes had a lovely central hotness that Orchard House somehow manages to preserve and showcase.

Get a bottle if you see it.
 

The Lego

A Tri.Fighter. It seems there 's a willingness to go back to the pre-quel trilogy at the moment. This is a great model with interesting parts that is solid and endlessly swooshable. Great!