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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It genuinely is a shame that among a certain, large segment of the American whiskey-drinking public, there still exists a perception that scotch whiskies—and malt whiskey by extension—all taste ...

Scotch Whisky blending house Compass Box is releasing a limited edition Oloroso Sherry-seasoned iteration. The blended Scotch is the second under the company’s ‘Magic Cask’ brand name, following a ...

Compass Box, the Scotch whisky blender and bottler, is weighing up expansion in Europe and Asia after securing a new lending facility. The company, set up in 2000, has landed £35m ($45.4m) of support ...

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 ...