Compass Box is releasing Celestial, a blended scotch meant to recreate a cult favorite whisky from the 1950s
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Celestial is the fourth and last release in Compass Box’s Extinct Blends Quartet, a series of whiskies that are meant to recapture the character of past releases by creating new blends which adhere closely to their predecessors in terms of flavor. According to the brand, Celestial was a blendedproduced in the 1950s and 1960s that had key liquid components from an Islay distillery and a Speyside distillery.
The new Celestial expression isn’t an exact recreation of the original, of course, but it’s a tribute and an homage. It’s the peatiest expression in the Extinct Blends Series, due to the use of whisky from two Islay distilleries known for making smoky single malts—and Caol Ila. “Celestial’s flavor profile elicits heavyweight peat smoke,” said James Saxon, the recently appointed Compass Box whiskymaking director, in a statement.
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