1770 Glasgow, 2017, 2025, 8 yrs, 55%, WB285966 or WB286260

Glasgow 1770 does a lot of experimenting—much like Holyrood in Edinburgh—using different casks, yeasts, doing finishes with exotic casks, peated and unpeated, and double, triple, x-iple distillation (I’ve lost count). Different barley? I don't know, I guess it's just concerto.

Nose: So sweet—creamy hard candies like Werther’s Original, toffee, burnt caramel (but not *too* burnt, just a light brown note). Syrupy; reminiscent of "Spaghetti-Eis" (vanilla ice cream pressed into noodle shapes) and candied walnuts. It’s like bathing in vanilla pudding powder—delightful. Banana and honeydew melon bobbing along like pool toys.

Palate: Creamy pudding, vanilla pudding, rice

pudding with vanilla sauce, a touch of cinnamon, and candied ginger. In the background—and slowly moving to the fore—are the varied juices of overripe yellow fruits. Fruit gums featuring assorted tropical flavors: banana, melon, pineapple, etc.

Finish: Unsurprisingly short, given its youth. Toffee notes, lingering candied ginger, and a hint of white pepper. A fair bit of the action takes place at the back of the palate. What I mean is

that no experimentation is needed here. This one is perfect as it is, despite how simple it is.

“The search for something can prove as interesting as finding it.”— Paulo Coelho.

91/90/89