Compass Box Ultramarine Blended Scotch Whisky Missouri experienced industry veteran Euan Shand

experienced industry veteran Euan Shand purchased the company and expanded into a series of new brands and blends to complement their rare cask business with six single malts

Old Elk Straight Wheat Whiskey is 95% wheat and 5% malted barley

one of Japan's largest distilleries (check out Whisky's Big in Japan for more on Japanese Whisky)

The company wasn’t actually operating as a distillery from 1980 to 2012

developing a rich profile and unique character

Compass Box Ultramarine Blended Scotch Whisky Missouri experienced industry veteran Euan ShandCompass Box revived the lost art of Whisky blending, marrying to beautiful label design. With Ultramarine, they've created a flavor time machine that brings back Scotch recipes of yesteryear (the 70s, 80s, and 90s) in a lush trip through different distilleries. It is, after all, part of the Extinct Blends Quartet series. Lead Whiskymaker James Saxon was inspired by a deluxe 1980s blended Scotch that boasted sumptuous Sherry influence and pipe tobacco