Glasgow 1770 has done something it has never done before: bottled a single malt specifically for the American market. It arrives as part of a trio of limited collaboration single casks, each released through a different retail or hospitality partner, and each pulling the distillery’s house style in a different direction. One is unpeated and sherry-driven. One is peated and finished in an Italian dessert wine cask. And the third, the USA exclusive, is a 60.1% peat bruiser built to sit next to a steak in Las Vegas.
These are not core-range bottles. They are individual casks, small outturns, and once they are gone they are gone. Here is what each one is, what the official notes say it tastes like, what it costs, and where you can actually buy it.
What is Glasgow 1770 and who makes it
Glasgow 1770 is the single malt brand of The Glasgow Distillery Company, a Lowland distillery based in Hillington on the western edge of the city. The Lowlands sit south of the Highland line and are traditionally associated with lighter, softer whisky, though Glasgow happily ignores that reputation by making a peated style alongside its unpeated and triple-distilled spirit.
The company was incorporated in 2012 by Liam Hughes, Mike Hayward and Ian McDougall, and filled its first cask of single malt in March 2015. When it opened it was the first independent single malt distillery in Glasgow in over a century, picking up the thread from the original Glasgow Distillery that ran at Dundashill from 1770 until its closure in 1902. The “1770” on the label is a nod to that lost distillery.
The water comes from Loch Katrine and the spirit is made on compact pot stills named Tara, Mhairi, Margaret and Frances. The flagship Glasgow 1770 The Original has been a consistent medal winner, taking Best Lowland Single Malt at the International Spirits Competition three years running from 2020 to 2022 and a Gold at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition in 2021. The distillery has built a reputation on long fermentations, slow distillation and a steady run of experimental cask finishes, which is exactly the territory these three releases live in.
Glasgow 1770 Amontillado Sherry Cask Matured 9 Years Old
This is the gentlest of the three and the only unpeated one. The team from Aberdeen Whisky Shop visited the distillery earlier this year and picked Cask No. 17/230 for themselves. Distilled on 2 May 2017, it spent 2 years and 10 months in an ex-Bourbon barrel before being re-racked into a single Amontillado sherry hogshead for a further 6 years and 2 months, then bottled at its natural strength of 59.1%.
Amontillado is a drier, nuttier style of sherry than the more common Oloroso or PX, which explains why the official notes lean towards hazelnut and dark fruit rather than sticky sweetness.
Glasgow 1770 Amontillado 9 Year Old official tasting notes
Nose: Floral lift, hazelnut
Palate: Sweet caramel, vanilla, dried dark fruits, toasted nut
Finish: Lingering dark chocolate and warming spice
ABV: 59.1% | Cask: ex-Bourbon then single Amontillado sherry hogshead (Cask 17/230) | Outturn:270 bottles | Price: £72 (70cl)
Glasgow 1770 Recioto Cask Finish 6 Year Old
This one stays close to home. It was created with The Good Spirits Co. on Bath Street and Glasgow Science Centre, which makes it the most Glasgow-centric release of the set. Cask No. 19/1511 is the distillery’s peated spirit, matured first in first-fill ex-Bourbon casks before a long three-year finish in a single Recioto barrique from Italy.
Recioto is a sweet wine made from dried grapes, in the same family as Amarone, so the cask brings raisined richness and depth rather than fresh fruit. Three years is a genuinely long finishing period, and the official notes suggest the wood has had time to push deep into the spirit.
Glasgow 1770 Recioto Cask Finish 6 Year Old official tasting notes
Nose: Dark stewed fruits, juicy sultanas
Palate: Salted caramel, dried fruit, building sweet smoke
Finish: Long, warming, a thread of sweet peat smoke
ABV: 52% | Cask: first-fill ex-Bourbon then single Recioto dessert wine barrique (Cask 19/1511) | Outturn: 306 bottles | Price: to confirm with the retailer (comparable Glasgow 1770 cask finishes sit around £59 to £62)
Glasgow 1770 Pedro Ximénez Sherry Cask Matured 5 Years Old (USA exclusive)
This is the headline. It is Glasgow 1770’s first ever bottling made specifically for the United States, created for Delmonico Steakhouse at The Venetian Resort in Las Vegas and K&L Wine Merchants in California and New York.
It is also the boldest of the three. Heavily peated malt, reported by K&L at 50 ppm, spent four and a half years in Virgin American White Oak before a 16-month finish in a Pedro Ximénez hogshead sourced from the Ximénez-Spínola winery in Jerez. It is bottled at 60.1%, non-chill-filtered and natural colour.
K&L’s buyer described it as more heather and barbecue than the iodine smoke you would expect from Islay, with the PX piling on dark fruit and sweetness over a thick, oily spirit. He also called it the first steak whisky he properly approved of, which, given the Delmonico connection, is the point.
Glasgow 1770 PX 5 Year Old official tasting notes
Nose: Smoky barbecue, tobacco leaf
Palate: Dark fruits, rich honey sweetness, oily peat
Finish: Smouldering smoke, chewy dark fruit, baking spice
ABV: 60.1% | Cask: Virgin American White Oak then Pedro Ximénez hogshead (Ximénez-Spínola) | Outturn: 222 bottles
Price: $79.99 (700ml)
How the three compare
| Amontillado 9yo | Recioto 6yo | PX 5yo (USA) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABV | 59.1% | 52% | 60.1% |
| Style | Unpeated | Peated | Heavily peated (50 ppm) |
| Casks | ex-Bourbon, then Amontillado sherry | first-fill ex-Bourbon, then Recioto | Virgin American oak, then PX sherry |
| Outturn | 270 bottles | 306 bottles | 222 bottles |
| Price | £72 | ~£59–62 (confirm) | $79.99 |
| Buy from | Aberdeen Whisky Shop | The Good Spirits Co. & Glasgow Science Centre | K&L Wine Merchants / Delmonico’s |
| Best for | Sherry-lovers wanting cask strength without PX overload | Peat drinkers who like wine-cask experiments | US peatheads who want a big, food-friendly dram at home |
Price and availability
The Amontillado is £72 for a 70cl bottle, exclusive to Aberdeen Whisky Shop, with 270 bottles. The Recioto is exclusive to The Good Spirits Co. and Glasgow Science Centre at 306 bottles, with the exact price worth confirming on the retailer’s page. The PX is $79.99 for 700ml through K&L Wine Merchants, with 222 bottles, and can also be tasted by the glass at Delmonico’s in Las Vegas.
A note on shipping for international readers. Aberdeen Whisky Shop and The Good Spirits Co. are UK retailers that ship across much of Europe, so the two Scottish-market bottles are the realistic options for buyers in Denmark, Germany or elsewhere in the EU. The K&L bottle is a US domestic release and, like most American spirits retail, does not ship internationally, so unless you are in the States or visiting Las Vegas, treat that one as a trip-souvenir rather than a mail-order. Confirm current shipping destinations directly with each shop before ordering.
Our take
Three casks, three partners, three genuinely different whiskies, which is the most interesting thing here. Glasgow 1770 could have released three sherry bombs and called it a day. Instead the set spans dry Amontillado, a long Italian dessert-wine finish, and a heavyweight PX peater, and that breadth is a fair showcase of what the distillery actually does across its peated and unpeated production.
If you want the safest buy, the Amontillado 9 Year Old is the pick. It is the oldest, it is cask strength at a sensible £72, and a dry sherry cask over a fruity Lowland spirit is a combination that rarely goes wrong. The Recioto is the one for drinkers who collect unusual finishes and want to see what three years in an Amarone-adjacent cask does to peated whisky. The PX is the show-off: 60.1%, 50 ppm, built for steak, and the one American buyers should move on quickly given only 222 bottles exist.
None of these will hang around. Single casks with outturns between 222 and 306 bottles, attached to named retailers, tend to be gone in days. If one of them is calling you, do not sleep on it.
Frequently asked questions
What are the new Glasgow 1770 collaboration bottlings? They are three limited single-cask single malts from The Glasgow Distillery Company, each released with a different partner: an unpeated Amontillado 9 Year Old with Aberdeen Whisky Shop, a peated Recioto Cask Finish 6 Year Old with The Good Spirits Co. and Glasgow Science Centre, and a peated PX 5 Year Old made exclusively for the US market.
What is the difference between the three Glasgow 1770 releases? The Amontillado 9yo is unpeated, sherry-matured and 59.1%. The Recioto 6yo is peated, finished for three years in an Italian dessert wine cask, and 52%. The PX 5yo is heavily peated at 50 ppm, finished in Pedro Ximénez sherry, bottled at 60.1%, and sold only in the United States.
How much do the Glasgow 1770 collaboration bottlings cost? The Amontillado 9 Year Old is £72 for 70cl through Aberdeen Whisky Shop. The USA PX 5 Year Old is $79.99 for 700ml through K&L Wine Merchants. The Recioto Cask Finish price should be confirmed with The Good Spirits Co., though comparable Glasgow 1770 cask finishes typically sit around £59 to £62.
Where can I buy the Glasgow 1770 USA exclusive? The PX 5 Year Old is a US-only release available from K&L Wine Merchants in California and New York, and can be tasted by the glass at Delmonico Steakhouse at The Venetian Resort in Las Vegas. Only 222 bottles were produced, and it does not ship internationally.
Are these Glasgow 1770 whiskies cask strength? The Amontillado (59.1%) and the PX (60.1%) are both bottled at natural cask strength, non-chill-filtered and natural colour. The Recioto is bottled at 52%, which is still a strong, undiluted-feeling presentation but below full cask strength for that particular cask.
What is The Glasgow Distillery known for? The Glasgow Distillery Company, incorporated in 2012, was the first independent single malt distillery in Glasgow in over a century. It makes unpeated, triple-distilled and peated styles, uses Loch Katrine water, and has built a reputation on experimental cask finishes. Its core Glasgow 1770 The Original won Best Lowland Single Malt three years running from 2020 to 2022.
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