Because the nation bounces again from the pandemic, Scotland’s greatest metropolis is coming again larger and higher than earlier than, and The Glasgow Distillery say they've the bottle to show it.
From April, the distillery is stepping up from 50cl to 70cl bottles for its Glasgow 1770 Single Malt Scotch Whisky vary.
And to additional delight their prospects, the bigger measurement bottles will nonetheless value the identical as the unique ones.
The crew say the brand new design has obtained the seal of approval from their world prospects and orders are presently being readied for transport internationally because the distillery begins to maneuver into new markets.
They added that they're notably proud that the bottle design can be now extra environmentally pleasant, because it makes use of proportionally much less glass than the unique 50cl bottle.
Launching in 2018 with its first Glasgow 1770 expression, the distillery now has three totally different types of spirit – unpeated, peated and triple distilled – which draw on the town’s artistic and industrial heritage.
Liam Hughes, co-founder and CEO of The Glasgow Distillery, mentioned that a rise in manufacturing has allowed them to take care of their advisable retail worth of £49 per bottle to make sure their whiskies stay at an accessible worth.
He mentioned: “As Glasgow springs again to her vibrant self, following a tough couple of years, at The Glasgow Distillery we needed to come back again larger too, with a bigger bottle permitting us to develop our worldwide exports and open up thrilling new markets.
“The brand new packaging is already proving a constructive transfer for us as we put together to ship orders of our single malt to the US; China; Singapore and a brand new distribution accomplice in France for the primary time.
“From day one, our mission was to supply a whisky vary that's led by flavour and high quality, and this new bottle measurement is one other step on that journey."
The transition into the brand new packaging will come into place for every of the three Glasgow 1770 Signature Vary expressions, that are all non-chill filtered and pure in color.
They are going to be accessible to buy by way of the distillery’s web site from 10am on Wednesday sixth of April, 2022 – RRP £49.00.
Liam added that he's excited to see the brand new bottle go reside, he mentioned: "Since our first launch in 2018 we have now been steadily growing manufacturing throughout our Glasgow 1770 Signature Vary and now we’re thrilled to disclose this larger bottle with a extra environmentally pleasant design.”
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