Compass Box reviews

Nose: light but definite smoke. Sweet, gentle sherry. Touch of mothballs. Good, not outstanding.Taste: extraordinarily light-bodied yet has a full Islay flavour. Rich peat and bonfire smokiness, followed…

This is not a luxuary whisky. “This is not a luxuary whisky”imageOr is it ?This is the latest offering from independent whisky maker compass box. Compass box was started in 2000 by John Glaser, they have…

A good value for money dram again (review the Tomatin 18 just before). Bought a 50 cl bottle for 22 eur (!) on a site online and for that money it is a very good whisky!Nose: Pear! There is some fruit…

I've gotta admit, this is my kind of Scotch. The nose is bursting with tropical fruit: first banana, then watermelon and pineapple. I get hints of bubblegum at times. Very sweet, very approachable. As…

NOSE: at first typical speyside array of aromas, sherry, lovely orange zest, vanilla, cinnamon caramel.TASTE: really big on spice, pepper in particular, which transforms into wonderful speyside sweetness…

This is my third kind of Compass Box that I've tried, following Asyla and The great King Street and this was by far the best of the bunch. NOSE: ginger, cinnamon, a subtile dose of peat and and sweet…

Nose: sweet peat and smoke, slightly medicinal, burnt wood, bacon. I get the feeling like all these typical smells of Islay are based on some lovely, fruity, citrusy, vanilla cream notes. Picture a fruit…

The first edition of the Compass Box Juveniles (2004) was part of the Canto Cask range and was bottled at a cask strength of 53,9% exclusively for the Juveniles Wine Bar on the Rue de Richelieu in Paris…

Compass Box has just released a second permanent edition of its Great King Street blends on the market, this time with a red label, named ‘Glasgow’. This blend consists for 67% of Islay malt (Laphroaig…

The Canto Casks from Compass Box form a unique series of 16 single casks that all contain the same whisky (a blend of three different malts), but were built from either American or French oak and each…