Compass Box reviews

Nose: Balsa wood, Demerara sugar syrup, persimmons, roasted blood oranges, and a salty beach.Flavor: Quite a syrupy body, like an old Highland Park but without the distinctive Orkney peat, wildflower…

Lastly in our Compass Box exploration, we come to The Peat Monster. This is 64% Caol Ila matured in refill hogsheads, 35% Laphroaig matured in refill hogshead, and 1% "highland malt blend" matured in…

Part 2 of my Compass Box exploration; The Spice Tree. Now, unlike the Spaniard, I did cheat and look up the fact sheet on this before I poured it. Sorry, just couldn't resist. I'll post the fact sheet…

I got the little Compass Box 50ml sampler as an Xmas gift from a fellow enthusiast and thought I'd take the time to try at least one tonight. The sampler includes this, The Story of the Spaniard, as well…

While the No Name 1 was pretty much peat in your face Ardbeg, this No Name 2 is somewhat more delicate, but no less interesting. Au contraire, I’d say. The recipe consists of 75.5% Caol Ila, 10.5% Tal…

When Compass Box launched this whisky, they decided to give it no name, so the whisky could speak for itself. A bit of marketing BS, no doubt, but it has to be said: the bottle looks great and mysterious…

BrewDog is an innovative, rebellious brewery in Scotland since 2007. They even have a bar in Brussels by now. They asked three whisky producers to create a whisky for a boilermaker. That’s the combina…

Mike Miller opened his punk rock whisky bar Delilah’s in Chicago in 1993. I has been open every single day ever since. You can find more than 1.000 beers and spirits. Even the Belgian Oerbier and Duvel…

Compass Box only makes blended malts, blended grains and blends. They are whisky makers, so to speak. The Oak Cross one of those blended malts that has become part of the core range – or the Signature…

Review is of a sample kindly provided by @RianC. Dram has been poured about 30 mins before I started sipping.NoseReally nice nose. Campfire smoke and very sweet peat that comes across as an apple pie …