The Glasgow Distillery Co. 1770 Glasgow 2018 Cask #18/961 – 18/962

A distillery release of 1770 Glasgow matured to 5 year old from 2018, drawn from cask 18/961 - 18/962 and bottled at 53.4%. Only 615 bottles were released. The Glasgow Distillery Company took its 1770 name from the city's old Dundashill distillery, and revived Glasgow malt in 2012. Its 1770 single malt comes in three styles: The Original, the Peated, and the Triple Distilled.

The spirit was drawn off copper stills fed by Loch Katrine water, for a young, fruity spirit ready for active wood. It rested in ex-Bourbon oak for a honeyed sweetness. Natural colour and full strength let the cask character show without dilution. It sits in Hillington Business Park in the southwest of Glasgow, just off the M8. Founders Liam Hughes and Mike Hayward set out to bring single malt back to the city. The stills are named for the founders' families and for the MacDonald artist sisters.

At 53.4%, undiluted, it is rich and vivid. Apple, citrus and a gentle malt lead, and the ex-Bourbon lends vanilla, honey and a soft apple. The mouthfeel is full, the fruit carried on a young body. The close is warm, fruit over young oak. This is a bright, fruity young Glasgow whisky.