PBMichiganWolverine
1770 Glasgow Single Malt Release No. 1
Single Malt — Lowlands , Scotland
Reviewed
February 15, 2019 (edited July 1, 2024)
There’s a few lessons you learn in life as you get older. Invest early. Save for retirement. Nothing beats a good education ( except a trust fund). Be a great husband and father, and you’ll raise amazing kids. And don’t buy first releases from brand new distilleries, cause it’ll be shit and over priced. This is one of those. This is marketed as Glasgow’s first distillery in ages ( 100 years?), and the newest Lowlander. Thankfully I only bought a sample, and not the full bottle. It’s obviously young: mild raw plastic aroma, with some shortbread thrown in for good measure. Taste has some ways to go—-all I got was Cheerios, and a weak floral taste. I totally understand the need to generate revenue immediately, but this one can benefit from a few more good years in the barrel. Since it’s the first release, it might be better suited for a buy-hold-sell strategy by collectors. For rest of us...move on, nothing to see here.
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@PBMichiganWolverine - I was really liking the great husband and father part. Did you have to bring up the shitty whisky. :)
@LeeEvolved Peated new make sounds interesting—would be all smoke
@worldwhiskies95 I have —new make. not a fan
@Soba45 - now that sounds right up my alley.
Good job mate. Wise words of wisdom on new distilleries... I'm definitely a sit back and let someone else who's opinion I trust try b4 I buy. you've saved me from trying a few new distilleries...
@LeeEvolved I tried Kilchoman new make from the distiller himself at a whiskey festival. Very interesting and surprisingly nice. :-)
I would be interested in trying some peated, new make spirit at some point- if just to see truly how earthy and smoky it truly is. I haven’t tried obtaining any at this point, though. That actually sounds like a nice assignment for you because you are quite good at obtaining the usually unobtainable. What do you say?
Have you ever tried unaged whisky/moonshine?
Lol. You are definitely a frontiersman and take one for the team.