{"product_id":"compass-box-spice-tree-blended-malt-scotch-whisky","title":"Compass Box Spice Tree Blended Malt Scotch Whisky","description":"\u003ch2 class=\"story-subtitle\"\u003eAbout Compass Box Spice Tree Blended Malt Scotch Whisky\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        First launched in 2005, Compass Box Whisky Co.'s Spice Tree Blended Malt Scotch Whisky was discontinued in 2006 as a result of a legal threat by the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA). \"The issue revolved around the SWA's interpretation of the law regarding traditional practices\"in the production of Scotch, says John Glaser, the founder of Compass Box. Glaser was using French Sessile oak stave inserts in order to enhance the flavor of his aging whisky. \"Alas, the SWA heard about what we were doing and decided they needed to stop us. They suggested that our technique of using high quality oak wasn't appropriate for making Scotch and threatened to take us to court.\" Glaser suspended production of Spice Tree Whisky for four years, during which he worked with woodsman in France and coopers in Scotland to produce a new type of cask that would do justice to the original Spice Tree Whisky he produced.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nToday, Spice Tree Blended Malt Scotch Whisky is a blend of 10 — 12 year old single malt Scotch whiskies sourced from distilleries situated in the northern Highlands region of Scotland (primarily Clynelish, Dailuaine, Longmorn, and Teaninich). After sourcing the whisky, Glaser blends the single malts together and then ages the blend for an additional two years in custom-made first-fill bourbon hogsheads casks.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nRather than use the flat stave inserts that got him in trouble earlier, Glaser worked with an oak supplier in France and a cooper in Scotland to develop a method for creating heavily toasted cask heads which impart a flavor profile similar to the flat staves used for the original Spice Tree bottlings. \"The cask heads have three different levels of toasting,\" says Glaser, \"allowing us to blend the resultant whiskies to create additional layers of complexity.\" After aging the blend for an additional two years, each batch of Compass Box Spice Tree Whisky is brought to proof and bottled.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nSpice Tree Blended Malt Scotch Whisky has an aroma of ginger, cinnamon and clove, which give way to bold notes of vanilla, malt, and brown sugar, along with a hint of dried fruits. The finish, which is long and satisfying, is well-balanced between sweet notes of vanilla and spicy notes of cinnamon and allspice.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nSpice Tree Whisky earned 95.5 points from Jim Murray's \u003cem\u003eWhisky Bible\u003c\/em\u003e, and earned the title \"Best Scotch New Brand\" in 2011.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nPick up a bottle today!                                        \u003cdiv class=\"caskers-spirit-type-info\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"story-subtitle\"\u003eAbout Scotch\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eScotch is the most popular whisky in the world and is considered the king of them all! There are five whisky regions in Scotland (six if you count the not officially recognized Islands), and each of them produces spirits with unique properties and distinct tasting notes. (The type of grain used determents the type of the scotch.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.caskers.com\/catalogsearch\/result\/?q=malt+whisky\"\u003eMalt whisky\u003c\/a\u003e is made of malted barley, and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.caskers.com\/catalogsearch\/result\/?q=grain+whisky\"\u003egrain whisky\u003c\/a\u003e uses other grains like corn or wheat. Most of the time, a whisky is blended from different distilleries hence the name blended scotch, but if a malt whisky is produced in a single distillery, we get something extraordinary called a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.caskers.com\/catalogsearch\/result\/?q=single+malt\"\u003esingle malt\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCheck out our impressive selection of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.caskers.com\/catalogsearch\/result\/?q=single+malt\"\u003escotch whiskies\u003c\/a\u003e, find your new favorite in the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.caskers.com\/top-10-scotch\/\"\u003eTop 10 scotch whiskies\u003c\/a\u003e, or explore our treasury of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.caskers.com\/rare-finds-selection\/?origin=o1554\"\u003erare \u0026amp; hard to find scotch whiskies\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n","brand":"Caskers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51411810025685,"sku":null,"price":62.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/7810\/6581\/files\/compass-box-spice-tree-blended-malt-scotch-whisky_1_1.jpg?v=1745570310","url":"https:\/\/www.swiglab.com\/products\/compass-box-spice-tree-blended-malt-scotch-whisky","provider":"SwigLab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}