Compass Box goes Back to its Roots – Hedonism Quindecimus
Most of the whisky that is consumed in the world is grain whisky, and yet, it has always been in the back seat compared to malts. John Glaser started out a decade and a half ago with a grain blend...
View ArticleCompass Box’s 15 Anniversary – With a Luxuriously Not Luxury Whisky!
Compass Box celebrated its 15th anniversary this past Friday, and what better way to congratulate John Glaser and the team than to review their newest offering? Compass Box is that innovative blending...
View ArticleFlaming Heart 15th Anniversary Edition – Compass Box’s Newest Malt Blend
Compass Box’s fifth incarnation of the Flaming Heart is out, in conjunction with the 15th anniversary of the company. One of the really nice things about Compass Box is that quality is king....
View ArticleTransparency, Compass Box and The Right Thing to Do – An Analysis
The whisky industry is pretty much self regulated by an industry association named The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA). The SWA’s forerunner was formed in October 1912 as the Wine & Spirit Brand...
View ArticleThe Circus – Compass Box Blended Whisky (49%)
Not very much is actually known about three of the four parts of the whisky that makes up The Circus. I thought that this was just a lack of information, but it seems that John Glaser decided to back...
View ArticleEnlightenment – Compass Box Malt Blend (46%)
Now this is a more standard Compass Box malt blend, all matured in, mostly in first fill American standard barrels with the requisite Clynelish (48.2%) – always to be expected from Compass Box, with...
View ArticleCompass Box Three Year Old Deluxe (49.2%)
So they call This whisky a three-year-old. Now, of course, it technically is as 0.04 of it is, indeed, only three years old. Yes, you read that right, four tenths of a percent is three-year-old whisky...
View ArticleSpice Tree Extravaganza – Compass Box (46%)
Spice Tree has had some controversy around its inception, an issue I’ve covered in the original Spice Tree post on the blog. We’re now a full decade past the taking of Spice Tree off the market, and...
View ArticleFrom ‘Project Overlord’ to Compass Box Affinity (46%)
I’ve been waiting for over a year and a half to write this post, although I had no idea back then it would be called Affinity. The beginning of the story is at the 2017 Whisky Show in London, where I...
View ArticleCompass Box No Name 2 (48.9%)
Compass Box No Name 2 is the sequel to the 2017 No Name, which looked to highlight the peat, and did so in a very ‘in your face’ way. The first No Name was composed of about 75% Ardbeg, 11% Caol Ila,...
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