Compass Box Fruity Glen Demijohn

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 Peat Monster

Compass Box was started in 2000 by ex-Diageo marketing executive John Glaser as a "whiskymaker". Which is an apt descriptor as they are not a distiller - they create blends and vatted malts such as this one, its most popular product. Compass Box whiskies are noted for being experimental, innovative and, given Glaser's background, highly...

Score 85/100

Compass Box Oak Cross

from a purchased sample Nose: Light, crisp, and very malty. Honey opens, but quickly yields to dominant malt and sugar-coated barley. A touch of wax with lemon, and a slightly funky fruit note. Vanilla, cake frosting, and more of those candied notes. Very enjoyable. Does this stand up on the palate at 43%? The nose is no wallflower. Palate: Big on...

Score 80/100

Compass Box The General

Until last week, I hadn’t tasted whisky in nearly three months, owing to the regimen of meds I was on following knee surgery. The greatest woman in the world (whom I happened to marry) decided to go overboard with this little gift to celebrate my return to active whisky duty. “Are you #@%&*?! kidding me?” was my response when she gave me this...

Score 95/100