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# Flaming Heart Scotch Whisky Review
- URL: https://www.bourbonbanter.com/flaming-heart-scotch-whisky-review/
- Published: 2018-02-13T06:01:51.000Z
- Updated: 2023-04-11T21:33:39.000Z
- Description: Extremely well balanced whisky. No need to add any water, in fact the few drops I added basically destroyed the flavor profile. Keep it neat and you won’t be disappointed.
- Author: Patrick "Pops" Garrett
- Tags: Scotch Whisky Reviews, Compass Box, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2023-03-13 09:32, #patrickg, Bottle, #updated

**Editors Note: Today’s post is from Tom Szydelko, one of the semi-finalists who are applying to become a regular contributor to Bourbon & Banter. We hope you’ll read all of their posts and let us know what you think of each applicant by commenting below the post, sharing online or dropping us a note via email.* 

## **BOTTLE DETAILS**

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- ****DISTILLER:** [Compass Box Whisky Co.](https://www.compassboxwhisky.com/whiskies/index.php?id=11&ref=bourbonbanter.com)
- ****MASH BILL:** 27.1% 30 year old Caol Ila | 24.3% 20 year old Clynelish | 38.5% 14 year old Caol Ila | 10.3% mix of Clynelish, Teaninich and Dailuaine
- ****AGE:** NAS – No Age Statement
- ****YEAR:** July 2015
- ****PROOF:** 97.8 (48.9% ABV)
- ****MSRP:** $99.99
- ****BUY ONLINE:** Discontinued but still available at [Binnys.com](https://www.binnys.com/spirits/Compass%5FBox%5FFlaming%5FHeart%5F2015%5FLimited%5FRelease%5F936271.html?ref=bourbonbanter.com) and other major liquor retailers.

## **TOM'S NOTES**

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****NOSE**: Slightly medicinal, with fruit undertones of apples and blackcurrant berries with a resin oak wood base. Pencil shavings and worn leather peak through some of the smoke.

****TASTE:** Sweet fruits, orchard and berries, light peat with hints of a smoky campfire. A wonderful full oily mouth feel.

****FINISH:** Intense long lasting burn. Definitely not for the faint of heart.

****SHARE WITH:** Aficionados of complex layered drams would appreciate this pour, especially Caol Ila fans. Not a whisky to introduce to new or inexperienced scotch drinkers.

****WORTH THE PRICE**: Definitely!

****BOTTLE, BAR OR BUST:** Buy a bottle before it’s gone for good, in fact buy two bottles, one to drink now and one to save and savor when all 12,000 plus bottles are history.

****OVERALL:** Extremely well balanced whisky. No need to add any water, in fact the few drops I added basically destroyed the flavor profile. Keep it neat and you won’t be disappointed. There was more wood and smoke on the nose than in the mouth, which was a very slight disappointment to me, but if you are familiar with and enjoy the Caol Ila flavor profile, this is the bottle for you. This is a scotch to enjoy comfortably ensconced in an overstuffed, worn leather chair before a warm fire. Compass Box has always been a favorite distillery of mine and I thoroughly enjoyed this pour. This is a remarkable whisky that is already disappearing from the shelves, so don’t wait too long before picking up a bottle. Kudus to Compass Box for complete transparency with its recipe details.

## **BRAND NOTES**

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First released in 2006, Flaming Heart was the first whisky to combine the rich, complex spice of Scotch aged in new French oak with the evocative peat-fired smoke of Islay malt. It created a genre-defying style that was smouldering, spicy, complex – and so popular that we’ve re-released it four more times in the years that followed.

![Flaming Heart Scotch Whisky Recipe Details](https://www.bourbonbanter.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/flamingheartrecipedetails.jpeg)