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29th August 2013 |
Another
innovative limited edition whisky from
Compass Box.
 The
innovative folks at Compass Box today
unveiled Compass Box Delilah’s a limited
edition Scotch blended whisky to mark the
anniversary of the legendary Chicago
punk rock whisky bar which has been
voted many times "Best whisky bar in
America". Delilah’s celebrates its 20th birthday today
29th August and to mark the occasion
Compass Box founder and whisky maker
John Glaser and Delilah’s owner Mike
Miller got together to create this
special limited edition whisky.
So what is
Compass Box Delilah’s? It is a combination
of single malt and single grain whiskies
aged in a mix of experimental new
American oak barrels and rejuvenated
American oak hogsheads which give the
whisky a delicious sweetness. John and
Mikes aim was to create a unique style
of whisky that would accompany a beer.
Bottled at
40%, Delilah’s has an intense richness
yet is subtly complex with honeyed and
seductive fruity notes and hints of
cereals and vanilla cream.
As Mike Miller said,
"Everyone who comes to Delilah’s knows
you can drink your whisky any way you
like. It’s a mutual perspective John
Glaser and I share that inspired our
collaboration," said Mike Miller, owner
of Delilah’s. I have a deep appreciation
and respect for John’s philosophy and
talents and am honoured to mark twenty
years of combining great music and great
whiskies with a Compass Box whisky
blended uniquely for us and our
community."
"Mike wanted a Scotch whisky that, in
his words, ‘thinks it’s a Bourbon,’ so
we sourced some single malts aged in new
American oak hogsheads, something that’s
very hard to find in Scotland," said
John Glaser.
The result is a Scotch with a big,
luscious vanilla-oak character that has
echoes of Bourbon flavour. This makes it
dangerously easy to drink neat and
perfect served as a shot with a beer—the
way a lot of whisky is enjoyed at
Delilah’s!
Compass Box tell me that the blend is
made up of approximately 50% malt whisky
from the towns of Alness (could be
Teaninich or The Dalmore) and Longmorn
and the other 50% of the blend is grain
whisky from Fife (Cameron Bridge
perhaps).
Only 6,324 bottles of this eponymous
craft Scotch whisky will be available in
select markets worldwide – 4,800 of them
in the US - following its debut in
Delilah’s bar in Chicago today 29th
August 2013. From tomorrow Delilah’s
will be available in the UK, then also
in France, Germany, Holland, Spain,
Belgium, Taiwan, China, Canada and
Puerto Rico over the next couple of
months. Priced around £52
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