With a name like that, this blended malt scotch whisky has a lot to live up to! Here Compass Box have married malts from 4 of the biggest peat players out there with the final product comprised of 40% Laphroaig (Hogshead), 20% Ledaig (Hogshead), 13% Caol Ila (Hogshead), and 26% Ardmore (Hogshead). The keen-eyed reader... Continue Reading →
Tasting Notes: Compass Box – The Spice Tree
Now this is the whisky that first put Compass Box on the map! Not just for its flavour profile but because it was a) the first time that Compass Box had printed the blend’s recipe on their bottles and b) used an unusual maturation method, both of which got them in trouble with the Scotch... Continue Reading →
Tasting Notes: Compass Box – Oak Cross
Sat within Compass Box's signature range is their "Oak Cross" blended malt scotch whisky. To those not fully versed in whisky-speak, that it is to say that it is a mixture of only malt whiskies from multiple distilleries. As per Compass Box's transparency drive, they state that this bottling is a mix of 60% Clynelish,... Continue Reading →
Tasting Notes: Compass Box – Asyla
When reading any material about the current trend/boom of premium blended whisky, you will not have to look too far before discovering the influence of Compass Box. The London-based scotch whisky bottlers (yep - they are London-based, but they have an office in Edinburgh though, so that’s legit, right?) have very much been at the... Continue Reading →