The third release of Compass Box Double Single is a blended whisky made from 72% single malt, a 19-year-old Glen Elgin, and the remainder an older parcel of Girvan single grain. The result is a complex and rich, sweet and vanilla-led whisky that makes both a superb aperitif and after-dinner drink.

Bottler Compass Box (CB)

Distilleries Glen Elgin, Girvan

Bottled 03.2017

Cask type Bourbon Casks

Number of bottles 5838

Strength 46.0 %

Vol.Size 700 ml

Introduced to the Great King Street range by Compass Box in 2014, the Glasgow Blend is a superbly full-bodied blended Scotch whisky. It’s made with 33% Lowland grain whisky and 67% malt whisky from the Highlands, Speyside and Islay, aged in a combination of first-fill and refill ex-bourbon barrels and first-fill Sherry casks, with a small portion being finished in new French oak. Plentiful amounts of Sherried fruit touches surrounding a core of peaty notes – yummers.

Fun note: The label features a picture of The Wellington Statue outside of Glasgow’s Gallery of Modern Art, complete with traffic cone hat, said to be a symbol of the city’s sense of humour.

A peaty offering and a vatted malt created by the renowned John Glaser, of Compass Box. The Peat Monster contains whisky from secret distilleries (all very cloak and dagger). They can tell us that some was from the village of Port Askaig in Islay, with some south coast Islay whisky too, vatted with Ardmore. This was matured in a mix of first fill and refill American oak casks.