Updated July 21, 2022 By Richard Thomas Average Rating: B+ In most cases, grain whiskey is a very necessary, but rarely spoken of ingredient for blended whiskey across the British Isles. Over in Scotland, the single malts get all the glory, and many whiskey lovers think of vatted malts (an all-malt whiskey blend from different distilleries) as the next step ...
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Compass Box The Peat Monster Scotch Review
By Richard Thomas Rating: A A love for peaty, smoky flavors is a fairly recent craze among scotch-lovers. There were always peat devotees before, of course, but now a love for peat is so widespread that scotch-makers are catering to it. The Black Grouse was an early entry for peaty blended scotch, which was followed by Johnnie Walker’s Double Black ...
Read More »Compass Box Oak Cross Scotch Review
By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ The Whiskey Reviewer first explored Compass Box’s interest in high quality French oak when we reviewed their acclaimed scotch, The Spice Tree. The Oak Cross scotch is another expression of that French oak connection. One of the innovations at Compass Box was the notion that French oak had more applications than just aging French wine. ...
Read More »Compass Box Great King Street Scotch Whiskey Review
By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ The artisanal blender Compass Box set out to make its Great King Street scotch, named for the company’s Edinburgh address, with a simple mission in mind. In Compass Box’s opinion, blended scotch gets a bad rap because the market is flooded with cheap, poorly made blends. At The Whiskey Reviewer, we partially agree with that ...
Read More »Compass Box The Spice Tree Scotch Review
By Richard Thomas Rating: A- In some circles, it is whispered that The Spice Tree is the whisk(e)y is the scotch the larger scotch industry doesn’t want you to have. Micro-distillery Compass Box first launched The Spice Tree in 2005, but were forced to discontinue production by the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) under threat of legal action. The SWA objected ...
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