SCWC Compass Box Glasgow Blend Single Cask Review

The SCWC has been on a roll with our single cask picks and the latest is this Compass Box Glasgow Blend Single Cask. If you’re an observant person you might be wondering how you get a single cask of a massive blend. Well, you don’t. You get a single marrying cask of a massive blend; a finishing cask if you will.

The concept is the exact same as when you see a store pick of High West American Prairie Bourbon and it’s been finished in an Armagnac cask or something. You’re buying that single finishing cask, but with Compass Box they call it a Marrying Cask and the cask we picked was a lowland grain whiskey cask (Cameronbridge).

We wanted to jump away from the typical sherry and wine finishes and get something different and interesting, and we succeeded. Though different doesn’t always mean tasty and sometimes the samples you get taste different when bottled. Sometimes better, sometimes worse and sometimes just… different. It’s just part of the game.

Now, let’s get to drinkin’ and see if this turned out better, worse, different or as expected.

Compass Box Glasgow Blend Single Cask – Details and Tasting Notes

Whiskey Details

Non-Chill Filtered | Natural Color

Style: Blended Scotch
Region: Scotland
Blender: Compass Box

Blend: 34% Grain (Cameron Bridge) & 66% Malt (35% Benrinnes, 17% Laphroaig, 8% Clynelish, 2% Miltonduff, 4% Highland Malt (60% Clynelish, 20% Dailuaine, 20% Teaninich))
Cask: ex-Bourbon, ex-Sherry, Rejuvenated Hogshead, French Oak Hybrid, ex-Cameronbridge (grain whisky finish – 1 year, 3 months, 6 days)
Age: NAS
ABV: 49%

Batch: SCWC #1

SCWC Compass Box Glasgow Blend Single Cask Price: $55

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White background tasting shot with the SCWC Compass Box Glasgow Blend Single Cask bottle and a glass of whiskey next to it.

“This lovely barrel of Glasgow Blend was selected by the Southern California Whisky Club. It consists of the classic Glasgow blend finished in an old single grain barrel, specifically one used to age the Cameronbridge grain.” – K&L

SCWC Compass Box Glasgow Blend Single Cask Tasting Notes

EYE
Nutty gold

NOSE
Smoky char, toasted marshmallows, caramel, cinnamon, hazelnuts, malt and a touch of menthol and coconut.

Lovely lively aroma with a hint of darkness to it.

PALATE
Smoky char, toasted marshmallows, caramel, roasted nuts, toasted coconut, dried orchard fruit, cocoa and some menthol.

That hint of darkness grows on the palate making it a more brooding whisky.

FINISH
Long -> Smoke, oak, butterscotch, toasted coconut and brown sugar fade out evenly

BALANCE, BODY and FEEL
Well balanced, medium-full body and a warm velvety feel.

SCWC Compass Box Glasgow Blend Single Cask – Overall Thoughts and Score

It’s a struggle to not open this every day after work. It’s warm, tasty and absurdly easy to sip on. It’s layered with great aromas and flavors and the light peat is just enough to keep the smoke fiend in me happy.

I’ve been a long-time fan of Compass Box, and the Glasgow Blend has been a go-to for me for a long time, but I have to say. The addition of the 1 yr 3 months and change in an ex-Cameronbridge cask has added more depth to the SCWC Compass Box Glasgow Blend Single Cask and it turned out even better than expected.

SCORE: 4/5 (good, definitely recommend ~ B+ | 87-89)