To an American brown liquor drinker, it may take a moment to fully grasp the concept behind a company like Compass Box. We tend to be conditioned, as imbibers of bourbon and rye, to think of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Thomas Tao is an NYC-based spirits writer and media producer. Compass Box is one of the Scotch world’s most recognizable ...

It genuinely is a shame that among a certain, large segment of the American whiskey-drinking public, there still exists a perception that scotch whiskies—and malt whiskey by extension—all taste ...

John Glaser is nothing if not self-assured. Fifteen years ago, he was convinced he could shake up the whisky world by blending spirits in the kitchen of his west London home. Countless bottlings of ...