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With Water: A few drops of water add a few tart fruit to the aroma – lemon-lime – as well as some nondescript floral notes. The palate is softer, sweeter, nuttier, and in better balance with the (still present) anise flavors. The finish might be sweeter as well. I highly recommend experimenting with water on this one. Unless a person who starts a business is independently wealthy, or fabulously wealthy, you need people to invest in your business. That’s what Caelum Capital represents for us. We have a very small megaphone, if you will, and have had for 22 years. We may sell, license, transfer, assign or in any other way dispose of the Service (including Members) to any third party without any notification to you, e.g. (but without limitation) in connection with any reorganization, restructuring, merger or sale, or other transfer of assets. Scotch whisky brand Compass Box has always done things its own way, thanks to the ingenuity of its founder, John Glaser. As the company moves to the next stage in its development, SB meets the man with a vision. John Glaser, founder of Compass BoxWe may, but are not under any obligation, to release new functionalities and tools or other features for the Service every now and then. Any new functionalities, tools and features shall be part of and governed by the Terms from the moment they are launched and/or available. Further, we reserve the right to modify, change, discontinue the Service, add or remove features, update the Service, change its appearance, temporarily and permanently, at any time, in whole or any part thereof. It brings together some of the fruitiest single malts. There’s 39% Linkwood, 29% Clynelish and 20% Benrinnes, all aged 8 years in first-fill bourbon barrels, plus minor parts of Aberlour (Oloroso seasoned butt), Caol Ila (first-fill bourbon) and their signature Highland Malt blend (custom French oak barrel). Palate: Medium bodied, almost syrupy. Anise up front this time, sweetened into licorice candies or nonpareils. Marzipan, almond extract, and dried apricot. As Compass Box is a quality independent bottler, Orchard House is bottled without chill filtration or added coloring. Tasting Notes

We put the names and stories and the information we provide around our bottles,” he says. “Every single Compass Box product is sort of one big poetic biosphere. I don’t worry about the Scotch whisky industry or how the category is doing because, you know, 80% of it is cheap brands that we don’t care to compete with. They’re in a different category, as far as I’m concerned.”Glaser reflects fondly on working with “legends in the industry”, including recently retired Johnnie Walker master blender Dr Jim Beveridge, and Diageo master blender Maureen Robinson. “Blending really did capture my imagination as a creative platform,” Glaser explains. However, he isn’t convinced by the recent updates to the regulations allowing for a broader variety of casks to be used to mature Scotch whisky. But Glaser sees the beauty in blends. Since he launched Compass Box in 2000, his goal has been to showcase all that is great about the blended Scotch whisky category.