Compass Box Orchard House Review | The Whiskey Dictionary

Compass Box is a group of whisky makers led by John Glaser. They create magnificent blends using some of Scotlands best whiskies. The Orchard House is a $40 Blended Scotch that flies under the radar, but I'm here to tell you thatbyou shouldn't sleep on this offering.
0:00 - Introducing Orchard House
0:53 - Whiskey Info
1:38 - Elephant in the room?
1:55 - Nosing
3:48 - Tasting
5:44 - Overall
7:30 - Outro
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[@WhiskyNeighbour]

With time I loved this more and more. Good up front, but with time it was just delightful. Light, fruity and fun. Cheers!

[@eddiegordon5616]

Bill, it’s always great to see your videos. I’ve been following your channel since 2019. Cheers man. Happy holidays.

[@TheWhiskeyDictionary]

Thats awesome! Thanks for watching for so long. Let me ask you, what do you think of the format? Anything you wish I did or didn't do?

[@samueld1]

I personally really enjoy this. It's great, fresh, fruity, and vibrant with a moderate coastal vibe. Not stunning, but similar to the Thompson Bros SRV5 in a way. Lovely stuff at a good price. I'd take it over most 43% single malts any day.

[@claytonmitchell5685]

Interesting that something like Glenlivet 12 was your entrance into scotch (based on what you mentioned in the video). A bottle of Glenlivet 12 was the first scotch (or even whiskey period) that I purchased, about a year and a half ago. When I opened it and immediately smelled apples and pineapples, I was blown away that whiskey could smell like that. I was less impressed when I tasted it, I wanted it to taste more like fruit, but with no experience drinking whiskey up to that point, I had no idea what to compare it to. Something about it though, especially that nose, made me know I wanted to delve into whiskey more. Now I've got 20 bottles on a shelf behind me. If this Orchard House was $40 by me, I'd have already tried it. That flavor profile sounds very appealing. But it's over $50, so I haven't pulled the trigger yet. Anyways, rambling over, cheers Bill!

[@TheWhiskeyDictionary]

I'm sitting here wondering if I'd pay 50 for it... yes. But would I pay 58? ... it's a big MAYBE. I enjoy it, but I actually think I'd drink it too fast and have remorse for the $$ afterwards

[@christinecamley]

Delicious! Compass Box Orchard House is about $80 before tax in Vancouver, BC, Canada and it's easily worth it. Cheap for the quality and how amazing this expression is. I always have some on my bar. I definitely get apple, pear, apricot, a bit of anise, lime and vanilla on my palette and it's lovely to have the nosing follow through on my palette. My real love are amazing Scottish single malts but Compass Box makes excellent blends. Talk about gorgeous in terms of the art work! Love it! Terrific review and video Bill!! Very enjoyable! Thanks so much! Great to see a new video!! 🙂

[@brmicmatthews8398]

I’m a bourbon guy but that description sounds amazing

[@kristjanzzzz]

👍

[@warrenhurley4148]

Never heard of this whisky or distiller before, but then again I just started my foray into Scotch whisky 3 years ago. Thanks for introducing this one!

[@steveno7058]

Compass Box isn’t a distillery. They purchase whisky from multiple distilleries and blend them and bottle them

[@mamuka1977]

I want to wish Bill and everyone here upcoming Thanksgiving!!! It is an absolutely delicious bottle, It actually tastes like a name on the bottle. It's about $50-$55 around here. Cheers!

[@TheWhiskeyDictionary]

Thanks Mamuka! You as well!

[@DileepB]

I paid $50 for my bottle and I love it! The Spice Tree is also a good one for $75.

[@gohabs365]

I usually don't add water to 46% abv whisky, but this one definitely benefits from adding water, for me.

[@tinuzjorge]

Hi! I bought this whisky after watching your video and now I’m obsessed, which other “summer bottles” would you recommend? I’m looking for other interesting drams with exotic fruit notes, your video of the Lagavulin rum cask sounds super interesting, but do you have any other recommendations?

[@steveno7058]

Check your local Total Wine. Mine has it for $35 clearance

[@colakh]

Great review Bill! I've been holding off on this bottle, but your review might just convince me to actually get a bottle. Cheers!

[@TheWhiskeyDictionary]

Low risk. Definitely let me know what you think!

[@colakh]

Will do, thanks Bill!@@TheWhiskeyDictionary

[@steveamsp]

Good review, and definitely a great whiskey, particularly at that price.

[@TheWhiskeyDictionary]

Thanks Steve! Always nice to see your comments.

[@jamescostigan3721]

I agree that this is a quality bottle, but I just didn't care for it, personally. I don't like peat at all and I found this to be a bit too peaty. Maybe they dumped a little extra Caol Ila in the batch for me or my palate is just overly sensitive to peat, IDK. Sometimes the peat overtones were more noticeable than others and on a couple of occasions I hardly noticed it. I guess maybe it depended on what I had to eat or where it landed in a flight. It was only $45, so the experience was worth it and I'd definitely recommend it to anyone who likes an orchard fruit profile with a hint of peat. For just another $5, I'll opt for the Clynelish, instead. As for other Compass Boxes, the Spice Tree is the one for me. Cheers!

[@haromaster6086]

Going out to grab it today but it’s not that inexpensive by me. $85.00😢

[@Psychotyzm]

Is this a new release? I can't find it in my country. I mostly find the Glasgow and Artist blends... Those are super cheap...

[@TheWhiskeyDictionary]

This one came put in 2021

[@biguy525]

Would that bottle be peated? I just never liked peated whiskey.

[@TheWhiskeyDictionary]

Technically the Caol Ila here may be peated, but there's no peated flavor in this whisky

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That is something to think about. When I saw the preview of your question I did not think it was going to head that direction. Frankly, Patreon is something I'm just not sure how to do better... im not making much compared to my peers. Some of it is chalked up to not doing live streams, but most of it is... who knows

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