Scotch Whisky reviews

The newest star at the Compass Box firmament is this blend The General, offered in a nice perspex box. Very retro. This piece of art is composed of two old blends, which each were created decades ago…

Fiery thick slow smokey arrival develops a long sweet malty middle followed by an oily full bodied mouth coating sweet fruity Soddy finish.

The reviewed sample is of a 1979/2009 30 YO Port Ellen, the 9th release from 1979. Many thanks to @maltster for the sampleNose: really gorgeous peat flavours, gentle, yet strong enough to make an impr…

I had the 40 as part of a comprehensive tasting of the aged offering of this delightful distillery. In the tasting we had the 8-10-12-15-21-25-30-40, as well as the 105. I found the 8-12-21-30-40 to be…

The idea behind the Great King Street Experimental Batches is that the customer can vote which one he likes best – this 00-V4 on sherry or the TR-06 on peat – which Compass Box will then bottle for a…

The second Experimental Batch is thisTR-06, which has a smoky character. It consists of 33% grain whisky from the Lowlands, the rest is Islay malt, upholstered with Highland and Speyside malts. A large…

I reviewed this whisky back in March 2012, so I'm re-posting it below. Tasting it again now, I don't like it as even as much as I did then (I only gave it a 78). I'm getting a fair amount of sulphur in…

I will end my little line up of Compass Box with one that appeared several years ago. When the Scotch Whisky Association decided that the term Vatted Malt would become illegal as of 23 November 2011 (to…