Inbox | The Week’s Whisky News | July 18, 2025

Welcome to Inbox, our weekly round-up of whisky news and PR material that has found its way into our WFE email. Inbox features items from around the world of whisky and is published by us each Friday. Here is this week’s whisky news …

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Glasgow Distillery Co.

The Glasgow Distillery Company has launched a new whisky into its permanent core range of single malts. The Glasgow 1770 Ruby Port Cask Finish features the distillery’s unpeated double distilled spirit that has seen initial maturation in first-fill ex-bourbon casks for three years 10 months. A secondary maturation for two years 10 months has then taken place in ex-Ruby Port hogshead casks from Portugal.

The Glasgow 1770 Ruby Port Cask Finish is released at 55% ABV and is both non-chill filtered and of natural colour. It will be initially available through specialist whisky retailers in the UK and via www.glasgowdistillery.com from July 23. The whisky will also be available in other world markets later in the year. These include Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Holland and Switzerland. A bottle will cost £57.

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Spirit of Yorkshire

The English distillery Spirit of Yorkshire has announced details of its annual Yorkshire Day bottling. The Filey Bay Yorkshire Day 2025 Edition celebrates the famous county’s special day and the distillery is hosting an open weekend. This will include events, tours, tastings and the opportunity to purchase the commemorative bottle.

The whisky is the fifth such Yorkshire Day release has been matured in ex-cream sherry casks, which are rarely used for whisky maturation. It is bottled at 55% ABV and is both non-chill filtered and of natural colour. There are just 1,500 bottles. It will be available from the distillery shop during the Spirit of Yorkshire Open Weekend (26 & 27 July) and via www.spiritofyorkshire.com. After the weekend any remaining bottles will be available in selected specialist retailers. Each bottle will cost £95.