If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Robb Report may receive an affiliate commission. Celestial is the fourth and last release in Compass Box’s ...
If you consider yourself to be strictly a single malt scotch drinker, perhaps you just haven’t tried any decent blends yet. A good place to get acquainted with the category is via independent bottler ...
We typically describe the flavors of scotch whisky in a fairly familiar set of terms and adjectives. We discuss aspects of sweetness, of fruitiness, of spiciness, of peatiness or smokiness. We call ...
Compass Box was founded in 2000, and a quarter century on the whiskymakers (as the company likes to call its team) are still sourcing and blending malt and grain whiskies and coming up with fantastic ...
John Glaser doesn’t admit to being the Bad Boy of Scotch whisky, at least not on the record. But that doesn’t mean Glaser observes the norms of the entrenched scotch establishment. In fact, he created ...
As the final release in the brand’s Extinct Blends Quartet, the new Scotch is experimental yet historic, harking back to Scotch from the mid-1900s. Inspired by a whisky produced in the 1950s and 1960s ...
Compass Box Glasgow Blend just won a double gold medal at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition. That’s no easy task. That means every judge awarded it a gold medal and was unanimous in their ...
For 25 years, Compass Box has redefined Scotch whisky through creativity and transparency, earning acclaim for its innovative blends and collaborations that invite drinkers on an experiential journey ...
How any particular whisky tastes is entirely subjective, based on your own individual sense memories and flavor references. Still, that doesn’t stop whisky brands and distilleries from doing their ...
Halfway through our interview, John Glaser walks away from the table, leaving me alone with the tools of his trade: graduated cylinders, conical measures, tasting glasses, water and several flasks of ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I mostly write about the water of life, better known as whisky. In my view, this makes it all the more appropriate to take a look ...
A One-of-One Blend of Scottish & Swedish Whiskys, Featuring Acclaimed Artist Label & Housed in an Artisan Scottish Woodworker Presentation Box "We're delighted to collaborate with Compass Box on such ...