Flaming Heart 2025

To toast 25 years of Compass Box, we present a remastered version of Flaming Heart that focuses on the flames and their protective chamber of oak. For this, our 8th rendition, we have sought the most complex range of flavour from the fewest possible components. Using only whiskies further matured in French oak custom barrels alongside peated malts, this combination hasn’t been seen since our second version of Flaming Heart, released in 2007.

Bottled at 48.9% ABV. Natural colour. Not chill-filtered. A limited release of 9,384 bottles. Bottled December 2024.

Rich, oily smoke appears on the nose, supported by zingy spice. Hints of raspberry and apricot encircled by impressions of tarry rope. The palate is immediately dense as spices like clove, pink and black pepper and nutmeg arrive. Medicinal peat notes duke it out with bright and winey fruit. Finally, concentrated smoke that is at once woody and ashy with menthol and citrus oils.