The Glasgow 1770 2026 releases are three limited editions from The Glasgow Distillery, headlined by a whisky that has never appeared in the range before: a Sherry Cask Matured single malt made with Spanish sherry house Ximénez-Spínola.
Alongside it sit the returning Ruby Port Cask Finish (now 7 years old) and the Bourbon Cask Matured (now 8 years old). All three are natural colour, non-chill filtered and bottled at batch strength between 54% and 55% ABV. Each costs £59, and if you are at the Whisky Fringe in Edinburgh this weekend you can taste them first.
The news: three limited editions, one of them brand new
The Glasgow 1770 annual releases are back for 2026, and the one to know about is the debut of a Sherry Cask Matured expression built with renowned Spanish sherry producer Ximénez-Spínola.
Here are the headline specs before anything else. The new Sherry Cask Matured Batch 1 is 6 years old, 55% ABV, lightly peated, limited to 1,600 bottles. The Ruby Port Cask Finish Batch 2 returns at 7 years old, 54% ABV, unpeated, 1,200 bottles. The Bourbon Cask Matured Batch 2 is 8 years old, 54% ABV, lightly peated, 1,600 bottles. Every bottle is £59.
All three are natural colour, non-chill filtered and bottled at batch strength.
Where the annual releases sit in the range
The Glasgow 1770 annual releases occupy the middle ground between the three core bottlings in the Signature Range and the experimental Small Batch Series. They are the distillery’s chance to show off spirit and cask pairings it rates highly enough to repeat year after year.
Each release carries an age statement and is designed to keep evolving. Because the same recipes are revisited annually, every new batch is drawn from stock that has spent another year in wood, so the age statements climb over time. Ruby Port has gone from last year’s debut to a 7-year-old; Bourbon Cask is now an 8-year-old Batch 2.
Glasgow 1770 Sherry Cask Matured Batch 1: the debut
This is the first time a Sherry Cask Matured has appeared in the Glasgow 1770 range, and it leans on the distillery’s habit of running two spirit styles side by side.
Both of the distillery’s signature styles go into it. The unpeated double distilled single malt was first matured in first-fill ex-Bourbon casks and then finished in Pedro Ximénez sherry casks. The peated single malt got the same ex-Bourbon start before a finish in Medium Sherry casks. The two were then married in equal quantities.
The sherry casks come from Ximénez-Spínola, a Jerez house known for specialising almost entirely in Pedro Ximénez. That focus is the interesting part here: PX is the sticky, raisined, treacle-dark end of the sherry spectrum, and pairing it with a lightly peated core is what gives this whisky its layered character.
Glasgow 1770 Sherry Cask Matured tasting notes (distillery)
Nose: dark fruits, raisins, cedarwood, clementine
Palate: toffee apple, candied orange peel, ground coffee, dark fruit
Finish: lingering sweet smoke over cedarwood
ABV: 55% | Cask: first-fill ex-Bourbon, then PX (unpeated) and Medium sherry (peated), married in equal parts | Outturn: 1,600 bottles | Price: £59
Glasgow 1770 Ruby Port Cask Finish Batch 2: a year older after a sell-out debut
Last year’s Ruby Port Cask Finish sold out, and it returns with an extra year behind it.
This one is a single style rather than a marriage. The unpeated double distilled single malt began in first-fill ex-Bourbon barrels and then spent almost four years in Ruby Port hogsheads, a long finishing window that pushes the fruit forward and gives the whisky its berry-and-cherry core.
Glasgow 1770 Ruby Port Cask Finish tasting notes (distillery)
Nose: ripe summer berries, dark cherries, rich vanilla
Palate: marzipan, sweet almond, red berries
Finish: pink peppercorn spice with a vanilla edge
ABV: 54% | Cask: first-fill ex-Bourbon, then almost four years in Ruby Port hogsheads | Outturn: 1,200 bottles | Price: £59
Glasgow 1770 Bourbon Cask Matured Batch 2: the house style, undressed
If the Sherry Cask shows what the distillery does with an active finish, the Bourbon Cask Matured shows what the spirit does on its own.
Like Batch 1, it brings together equal parts of the double distilled unpeated malt and the double distilled peated malt. The unpeated side carries bright fruit and sweetness, the peated side adds texture, depth and a gentle smoky edge. Maturation is entirely in ex-Bourbon casks, so nothing masks the spirit: this is the most spirit-forward of the three.
Glasgow 1770 Bourbon Cask Matured tasting notes (distillery)
Nose: rich vanilla, floral honey, fresh citrus
Palate: tropical fruit, creamy vanilla, oak spice
Finish: subtle sweet smoke and lingering oak spice
ABV: 54% | Cask: fully matured in first-fill ex-Bourbon | Outturn: 1,600 bottles | Price: £59
The three at a glance
| Sherry Cask Matured | Ruby Port Cask Finish | Bourbon Cask Matured | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 6 years | 7 years | 8 years |
| ABV | 55% | 54% | 54% |
| Peating | Lightly peated | Unpeated | Lightly peated |
| Spirit | Peated + unpeated, married | Unpeated only | Peated + unpeated, married |
| Cask | Ex-Bourbon, then PX + Medium sherry | Ex-Bourbon, then Ruby Port hogsheads | Ex-Bourbon throughout |
| Profile | Dark fruit, coffee, sweet smoke | Berries, cherry, marzipan | Tropical fruit, vanilla, oak |
| Bottles | 1,600 | 1,200 | 1,600 |
| Price | £59 | £59 | £59 |
Who makes Glasgow 1770
The Glasgow Distillery Company opened in 2014 as the first single malt distillery in the city since 1902. It draws its water from Loch Katrine and double distils its spirit, running both an unpeated and a peated new make. That twin-stream approach is the backbone of these annual releases: the option to marry peated and unpeated malt in one bottling is a house signature, and it is exactly what the Sherry Cask and Bourbon Cask expressions do.
Glasgow 1770 is the distillery’s single malt line, named for the year distilling was first recorded in the city.
Price and availability
Each of the three costs £59 for a 70cl bottle.
Members of The Glasgow Distillery Community get priority access before general release, so if you want a specific bottle, that early window is the moment to act, especially on the 1,200-bottle Ruby Port. The whiskies are sold direct through glasgowdistillery.com.
The Whisky Fringe returns to Mansfield Traquair in Edinburgh from 7 to 9 August 2026, and the distillery is pouring these there, making the festival the first place to taste all three side by side. Tickets for the 2026 Fringe sold out ahead of the weekend.
For readers outside the UK: Glasgow 1770 is widely stocked across European specialists, with a particularly strong presence in Germany and the Nordics, so international buyers who miss the direct release can usually track bottles down through a local retailer.
Which one to reach for
For a news post rather than a full review, the honest read is this. The Sherry Cask Matured is the most novel of the three and the one most likely to sell on curiosity: a PX-and-Medium-sherry marriage over a lightly peated core is a genuinely new profile for the range, and the Ximénez-Spínola link gives it real provenance. If you like coffee, dark fruit and a wisp of smoke, that is the bottle to chase.
The Ruby Port is the fruit-lover’s pick and, at 1,200 bottles, the scarcest. The Bourbon Cask is the one for drinkers who want to taste the distillery character itself, with the least cask interference.
At £59 for a natural-colour, non-chill-filtered, batch-strength single malt with an age statement, all three sit at a fair price for what they are. We will follow up with full tasting notes once we have them in the glass at the Whisky Fringe.
Frequently asked questions
What are the Glasgow 1770 2026 releases? They are three limited-edition single malts from The Glasgow Distillery: a new Sherry Cask Matured (6 years, 55%), a returning Ruby Port Cask Finish (7 years, 54%) and a Bourbon Cask Matured (8 years, 54%). All are natural colour, non-chill filtered and bottled at batch strength.
What is the new Glasgow 1770 Sherry Cask Matured? It is the first sherry-matured bottling in the Glasgow 1770 annual range, made with Spanish sherry house Ximénez-Spínola. Unpeated malt finished in Pedro Ximénez casks is married with peated malt finished in Medium Sherry casks, giving dark fruit, coffee and sweet smoke at 55% ABV.
How much do the Glasgow 1770 2026 releases cost? Each of the three bottlings costs £59 for a 70cl bottle, sold direct through glasgowdistillery.com. Community members receive priority access before general release, which matters most for the Ruby Port Cask Finish, limited to 1,200 bottles.
Where can I buy Glasgow 1770 2026 releases? They are available direct from the distillery at glasgowdistillery.com, with Glasgow Distillery Community members buying first. They are being poured at the Whisky Fringe in Edinburgh over 7 to 9 August 2026, and international buyers can also find Glasgow 1770 through European specialist retailers.
Are the Glasgow 1770 releases cask strength? They are bottled at batch strength rather than reduced to a standard 40 to 46%. The Sherry Cask is 55% ABV and both the Ruby Port and Bourbon Cask are 54% ABV. All three are non-chill filtered and natural colour, so they arrive undiluted in character.
What is The Glasgow Distillery known for? Opened in 2014, it was the first single malt distillery in Glasgow since 1902. It uses Loch Katrine water and runs both peated and unpeated double distilled spirit, which lets it marry the two styles in bottlings like these annual releases.
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