Compass Box Oak Cross

Compass Box Oak Cross

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 in France who produces some...

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Compass Box Oak Cross

_This is an abbreviated version of a post I'll publish tomorrow_ For those who don't know, Compass Box buys casks of whisky from other distilleries, blends them in precise ratios, ages them further in different casks (different cask sizes, char levels, different wood types etc.) and blends them again to create a unique flavour profile. They never...

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Compass Box Oak Cross

John Glaser has been busy doing his best to "up" the game of blended Scotch whisky and blended Malt Scotch whisky. Oak Cross, referring to marrying Highland malt whiskies, especially his favourite, Clynelish, and showing influence of both French and American Oak, is one of his earlier and continuing standard-line products featuring...

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Compass Box Oak Cross

Recently, John Hansell of Whisky Advocate, gave a very favorable rating to the latest bottlings of Oak Cross. I quite enjoyed the bottle that I had open, so I thought I would give a new bottling a try. So, what is the difference? How can you tell which one you are buying? The bottle pictured here is the older bottling. The newer version comes in a...

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