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Great King St. Glasgow Blend, 43% – Compass Box

Posted on 28 November 2014 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

The second sample of the ones that Compass Box recently sent me. This is the first permanent edition to their Great King St. series of blends. I never reviewed the first one on this blog but let’s keep it at … Continue reading →

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The Lost Blend, 46% – Compass Box

Posted on 20 November 2014 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Compass Box is a very interesting company from London that produces an impressive array of impressive whiskies. Some blends and some blended malts. Some of their whiskies are okay but still worth the money you spend on them. Most of the whiskies, … Continue reading →

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Peat Monster, 46% – Compass Box

Posted on 2 July 2014 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

The third and final Compass Box whisky for a little while, unless I suddenly pop open my bottle of Hedonism. I don’t see that happening anytime soon though. Mostly because I’m still in the process of decreasing the amount of … Continue reading →

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Spice Tree, 46% – Compass Box

Posted on 25 June 2014 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

It’s been a while since I promised to write up the other two drams I got sent from Compass Box. This time it’s Spice Tree, soon, it’s going to be a review of the Peat Monster. The Spice Tree it, … Continue reading →

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Oak Cross, 43% – Compass Box

Posted on 3 June 2014 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

A little while ago Compass Box was kind enough to send me a couple of samples from their core range. They asked me which three I would prefer and I picked Oak Cross, Peat Monster and Spice Tree. Mostly because … Continue reading →

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Bottoms Up!

Posted on 28 February 2014 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Tonight a couple of friends and I are going to try and get my open-bottle-count down somewhat. Since I’ve been trying to do this on my own last year I found that a) it doesn’t work that well, and b) … Continue reading →

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Flaming Heart, Compass Box, 4th Edition

Posted on 23 January 2013 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

The entire whisky world seemed to be raving about this dram about a month or two ago. I never tried a Flaming Heart, I think, so I thought it was a good idea to order a sample from Master of … Continue reading →

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