Articles tagged with: Compass Box
Blended Malts, Compass Box, Highlands, Tasting Notes »
The third (and not last) Compass Box whisky I am going to review it the Spice Tree. Many of you have heard about it since it caused quite a stir in the whisky puddle a while ago, when the SWA (Scotch Whisky Association) forced Compass Box to discontinue the production of this product.
The Entire story and explanation about why, how …
Cocktail, Compass Box »
Quite a lot of visitors from all over the world on last week’s Peat Monster Daiquiri. Ready for another? This time a punch!
Glaser’s Gorse Punch
(cocktail recipe by : Nick Strangeway)
Ingredients:
60 ml Compass Box Oak Cross
70 ml Cold golden tip pure tea
20 ml Blood orange sherbet
45 ml Rhubarb syrup
10 ml Lemon juice
20 ml Ginger Beer
Preparation:
Stir over rock ice and garnish …
Compass Box, Independent Bottling, Tasting Notes »
The second instalment in the series of Compass Box whiskies is the Oak Cross. The name of this dram comes from the unusual kind of wooden casks used for maturing the spirit here. Essentially the Oak Cross is a vatting of whisky aged in both American and French Oak casks. In addition Compass Box works with a small mill …
Cocktail, Compass Box, Peated »
Well, that’s a first on the blog. Cocktails that is. Why? you ask? I usually do not mix my whisky in cocktails. But:
First, It’s summer time, and sometimes it’s hard sipping a good whisky when it’s so hot outside.
Second, As you know i am (and will be) reviewing some Compass Box expression in recent and coming …
Compass Box, Islay, Tasting Notes, scotch »
My friend @Olivier_amar is a real peat-head, and was always raving about the Peat monster by compass Box. He told me i had to taste this one. As a peat head myself, i knew i will be sampling this one at some point, and was really happy to have had the opportunity to taste it eventually a few …
Compass Box, Tasting Notes »
Compass box is a leading ‘Artisanal’ whisky company, or ‘Independent bottler’ as we call them. It is in existence only 10 years, but it is far from obscure, and has generated quite some noise (mostly positive) in the very traditional whisky pond. As an Artisan whisky company, its products are generally are a vatting or blending of single malts, and …
