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Glasgow 1770 Whisky More Small Batch Whisky Offerings

The Glasgow Distillery of Scotland recently released two new, limited expressions of its Glasgow 1770 Single Malt Whisky.

Part of a new Small Batch Series, the two releases feature an unpeated expression finished in tequila casks and a peated whisky finished in cognac casks.

A statement from The Glasgow Distillery notes that these are the first bottlings in the new collection of single malts, which look to showcase the distillery’s collaborative approach to distilling and experimentation with a wide range of casks.

Glasgow Small Batch Series
The Glasgow Distillery of Scotland recently released two new, limited expressions of its Glasgow 1770 Single Malt Whisky. (image via The Glasgow DIstillery)

The Tequila Cask Finish and Cognac Cask Finish were co-created by the whisky team at The Glasgow Distillery, in a project led by Co-Founder Mike Hayward.

“The Small Batch Series is a premium range of whiskies we’re looking to introduce to the global marketplace,” Hayward said, in the prepared statement. “It will be an ongoing series of hand-selected batched releases of single malts which will give our customers insight into the cask trials we run at the distillery and into the great whiskies we’re trying every day. The Cognac Cask Finish and Tequila Cask Finish are just the beginning of what will be an experimental range that reflect our ethos of exploration and innovation.”

The limited-edition bottles are now available from the distillery’s website and at a selection of specialist retailers for UK customers, with a suggested retail price of £59 GBP. Both expressions will be available in Germany, with the Cognac Cask Finish available in the Netherlands and South Korea.

The Cognac Cask Finish features the distillery’s peated style of malt whisky, filled in 2018 into virgin American oak casks before a finishing period of more than 12 months in French cognac casks.

The combination of the two casks made 882 bottles, each clocking in at 56% ABV. The distiller’s notes show this whisky offers tastes and aromas of smoky barbecue sauce, dark fruits and earthy spice.

The Tequila Cask Finish is a single-cask release of the distillery’s unpeated single malt, filled in 2018 into a first-fill ex-bourbon cask before a finishing period of more than 12 months in an ex-tequila cask.

The distiller’s notes show that the resulting 295 bottles taste of honey, fresh apples, pears and tropical fruits. It’s bottled at 55% ABV.

Each bottle in this small batch series features the signature of the member of the whisky-making team that was lead on each particular project. This is part of The Glasgow Distillery’s non-traditional approach to the “master blender” role collaborating on the whisky creation process as a whole.

For more information, check out www.glasgowdistillery.com.

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