The Glasgow Distillery Co. 1770 Glasgow 2016 Cask #16/854

A distillery release of 1770 Glasgow, aged 6 year old from 2016, drawn from cask 16/854 and bottled at 59.3%. The outturn was 274 bottles. The Glasgow Distillery Company took its 1770 name from the city's old Dundashill distillery, and revived Glasgow malt in 2012. The 1770 name recalls that original Glasgow distillery, founded in 1770 at Dundashill.

The spirit was drawn off copper stills fed by Loch Katrine water, for a young, fruity spirit ready for active wood. Maturation came in ex-Bourbon wood, with vanilla and a soft apple. 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. A young distillery, it leans on active wood to bring its whisky to life quickly.

At cask strength 59.3% it is muscular. Apple, citrus and a gentle malt lead, and the ex-Bourbon lends vanilla, honey and a soft apple. The texture is young and lively, the fruit lifted by oak. It closes bright, fruity and warm. This is a fruity young single malt from Glasgow.