John Glaser, founder and whiskymaker at Compass Box , makes his case for why blending is essential in the world of Scotch whisky.
John Glaser, Compass Box founder and whiskymaker
Everyone blends. This is not well known nor well understood, but in Scotland everyone blends – even single malt producers. Through blending, Scotland’s greatest whiskies are made, whether the whisky is classified as a single malt Scotch whisky, single grain Scotch whisky, or one of the three types of Scotch whisky blends (I’m not including single-cask bottlings, which represent a miniscule amount).
When a whisky drinker truly understands what blending...
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