Compass Box Smoky Scott Demijohn

Compass Box Oak Cross

As its name suggests, Oak Cross is all about the wood. Compass Box’s Master Blender and agent provocateur John Glaser has again concocted a blended malt that exemplifies his creativity in all things vatted. For Oak Cross, Glaser merges 10–12 year old malts from Clynelish, Teaninich, and Dalliuane and gives them an extra two years of maturation in...

Score 86/100

Compass Box Menagerie

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 honey, marigold petals. It all feels caramelized. The malt is the foundation of the above and waiting in the wings is vanilla bean paste hugging the...

Score 92/100

Compass Box The Spice Tree

Picked up this bottle last June for my first every whisky tasting amongst friends. Just so happened that it had just been released for sale by our local MLCC. After hearing so many good things about Compass Box I snatched up a bottle and brought it over for everyone to try. Now almost a year later and I am having my last dram of it tonight and so...

Score 76/100

Compass Box Transistor

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 combination of whisky and beer – side by side. Duncan Taylor gave them Skeleton Key, the Dutch Zuidam delivered a 100% rye whisky Torpedo Tulip and Compass...

Score 82/100