Compass Box reviews

I tried the 4th Edition of this Flaming Heart in 2013 and the 5th Edition in 2016. Today, the 6th Edition of this blended malt is in my glass. While the ABV remains the same, the composition is slighty…

The most recent release of enfant terrible John Glazer is this ‘The Story of the Spaniard’. Some 340 bottles were already release for The Spaniard, a cocktailbar in New York. This is the general release…

Compass Box is mostly known for their – by now classics – The Spice Tree, The Peat Monster and the likes, but John Glaser has quite a few other gems on his résumé. Take this Juveniles, for example. It…

Asyla is a blended Scotch whisky from Compass Box that was first released in 2001 and is made of 50% malt whisky and 50% grain whisky. The exact composition is as follows: 5% malt whisky from Glen Elgin…

Compass Box “No Name” was released in October 2017. According to the company, the whisky was given “no name” to let it speak for itself. It is a blend composed of 75.5% Ardbeg (matured in re-charred…

It's a dreary, rainy holiday Monday afternoon so we need something strong and peaty.This is a cask-strength version of Compass Box's Peat Monster, bottled in 2013 for the 10th anniversary of the standard…

We all know Compass Box for their Spice Tree, The Peat Monster and the likes, but enfant terrible of the whisky industry John Glaser has bottled quite a few other fun whiskies as well. Today we will try…

This is an abbreviated version of a post I'll publish tomorrowFor those who don't know, Compass Box buys casks of whisky from other distilleries, blends them in precise ratios, ages them further in…

Not much is revealed about this one for now. but I can say it's not bad, and feels like it has quite a lot of mid-age -> older Clynelish. and not surprising as Glaser loves Clynelish.Nose: Red apple, and…

Dominated by 2003 Ardbeg (as i've heard), and some Caol Ila and some clynelish this is a lovely very peaty compass box, Islay centric for sure. far peatier than the peat monster.nose: Big notes of ash…