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Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 337: Compass Box No Name 1 vs No Name 2

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky vlogger, puts two special releases from Compass Box head-to-head. The No Name 1 is Ardbeg-driven, while the No Name 2 is Coal Ila-driven. While both Islay whisky’s, they could not be more different. But both are exquisite. ‘These are among the best stuff John Glaser and his team have released!’, Mark claims.

https://youtu.be/-hjXZVP9vxc

Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 336: Compass Box The Lost Blend

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky vlogger, tries a retired Compass Box release. The Lost Blend is a limited edition from 2014 by Compass Box, which was actually an homage to the Eleuthera, the very first blended malt John Glaser and his team created many moons ago consisting of Clynelish and Coal Ila. They called it the Lost Blend, because they had to retire the Eleuthera when they were no longer able to create it as one of the components – Caol Ila – was no longer available. The Lost Blend has a slightly different composition, but is even better than the original. Shot in the lavender fields of Sault, France.

https://youtu.be/Fcx94iar64Y

Welcome to this weeks episode of the show. It’s time to find out if there is some distillery character evident or is it all just a case of sherry, sherry and yet more sherry! Watch and find out!

This weeks episode of the Good DramShow https://youtu.be/tkqZ19TZNA4 is a general round up and features new and new-ish releases from Lindores Abbey, Mackmyra, North Star, The Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery, Bruichladdich and Kingsbarns.

Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 335: Compass Box Delilah’s XXV

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky vlogger, tries a celebratory release from Compass Box. Mike Miller opened his punk rock whisky bar Delilah’s in Chicago in 1993. I has been open every single day ever since. You can find more than 1.000 beers and spirits. Even the Belgian Oerbier and Duvel are served. In 2013, for the 20^th anniversary, Compass Box created Delilah’s, a special blend. It was very popular and so it was re-created again in 2018, albeit with an extra maturation on sherry casks. It contains approximately 10% grain whisky – I presume Cameronbrigde. The result is this Delilah’s XXV. Shot on location in Roussillon, France.

https://youtu.be/1-NZ6-uSNfU

A Campbeltown distillery, but it says ‘Highland’. No sign of ‘single malt’ definition. The distillery name is owned by Loch Lomond Distillery but the actual distillery is owned by J. A. Mitchell (Springbank) – Welcome to the absurdity of late 80’s Scotch whisky. This Glengyle 8YO is a true example of how confusing this industry used to be. Cheers!

https://youtu.be/0GKKQZpKJc4

Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 334: Compass Box Oak Cross

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky vlogger, tries the Oak Cross. Compass Box only makes blended malts, blended grains and blends. They are whisky makers, so to speak. The Oak Cross one of those blended malts that has become part of the core range – or the Signature Range as they call it themselves. It consists of 60% Clynelish, 20% Dailuaine and 20% Teaninich. It matured on casks with American oak staves and French oak heads – hence the name Oak Cross. Shot at the Abbey Notre-Dame de Sénanque in southern France.

https://youtu.be/vEsV3-P7Io4

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Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 333: Compass Box Transistor

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky vlogger, enjoys a Boilermaker! BrewDog is an innovative, rebellious brewery in Scotland since 2007. They even have a bar in Brussels by now. They asked three whisky producers to create a whisky for a boilermaker. That’s the combination of whisky and beer – side by side. Duncan Taylor gave them Skeleton Key, the Dutch Zuidam delivered a 100% rye whisky Torpedo Tulip and Compass Box came up with this Transistor. It is created to be savored alongside the Punk IPA from BrewDog. The whisky is a blend of Cameronbridge grain with the following malts: Linkwood, Teaninich, Dailuaine and Clynelish. Parts of the whisky were matured on French oak from the Vosges.

https://youtu.be/Jgfz5APgEnY