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Bacardi Expands Aultmore Distillery In Glasgow

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Bacardi-owned Speyside distillery Aultmore has completed an expansion – adding three new warehouses to their maturation and blending facility in Glasgow. In addition to Aultmore, Bacardi also boasts a portfolio of single malt whiskies including Aberfeldy, Craigellachie, Royal Brackla and The Deveron, as well as blended Scotch brand Dewar’s. The three new state-of-the-art maturing warehouses […]

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Brave New Spirits Showcases Old Time Cinema In Cask Noir Series

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Glasgow-based Brave New Spirits has released another batch – their third – of limited release single cask whiskies in their old-time cinema-inspired Cask Noir series which now totals 12 whiskies. The newest batch of Brave New Spirits Cask Noir Series releases includes a 30-year-old single grain [Adventures of Burke & Hare] distilled at North British […]

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Caskade Reveals Grace Notes

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Independent Glasgow-based bottler Caskade has released Grace Notes – a limited edition whisky to celebrate 30 years of the local Celtic Connections music festival which is held every January in Glasgow. Grace Notes was extracted from a trio of single ex-bourbon American oak casks, distilled at Teaninich Distillery, [located in the Highlands of Scotland], matured […]

Glasgow 1770 Golden Beer Cask Finish

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Really loving this one, there is still hints of sherry influence but also plenty of beer notes too coming through. This has added some depth and variety to Glasgow’s fruity spirit nature. 88/100

Glasgow 1770 The Original

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As described Fresh and Fruity, lovely distillate notes shine through with just a hint of perhaps too much virgin oak (pencil shavings) but otherwise a very enjoyable dram. 82/100

Glasgow 1770 Sauternes Cask Finish

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My favourite of the tasting, the perfect combination of sweet and peat. I’ve long had a fascination with Sauternes-cask finished whiskies and this one really hits the mark with youthful peaty exuberance and leathery, stone-fruit skin sweetness in perfe…

Glasgow 1770 Ruby Port Cask Finish

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There are some who rave about any whisky matured in Port casks as being excellent, however in my experience some have been either a hit or a miss. Don’t let the colour fool you as the palate doesn’t always back it up. Here however Glasgow have matured …

Glasgow 1770 Tokaji Cask Finish

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Building on the light and floral Triple distilled base the Tokaji cask has added more stone fruit and rather a lot of tannin and oak wood spice. The addition of a little drop of water relaxed this one quite a lot and really adjusted the balance on the …

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