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SMWS 156.3: Glasgow Distillery

“Christmas conflagration” · Past release, no longer on sale
Christmas conflagration - SMWS 156.3Sold outMar 2023
156.3

Christmas conflagration

SMWS regionLowland
Age5 years
ABV61.3%
Cask2nd fill ex-bourbon barrel
SpiritMalt Whisky
Distillery from SMWS code 156
RegionLowland

In short · Glasgow Distillery (Lowland), 5 years.

“We struggled to light our beach bonfire, but eventually the smoke was massive, with medicinal elements (menthol, clove and carbolic), sizzling birch twigs and flaming…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

SMWS 156.3 is a single cask of Glasgow Distillery, in the Lowland region, 5 years old, bottled at 61.3%, released in the Mar 2023 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 156.x is from Glasgow Distillery.

How the price compares
At £75, this 5-year-old cost less than all 3 Glasgow Distillery bottlings aged 9–10 released 2025–2026 that we hold. They ranged from £79 to £80, with a median of £80.
Shaded: their range · line: this bottleRelease prices, not adjusted for inflation

Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.

About Glasgow Distillery

In Hillington, on the south-western edge of the city, the Glasgow Distillery began production on 20 March 2015, the first active distillery in greater Glasgow since 1902. Its stills are named after Frances and Margaret MacDonald, two of the Glasgow Girls of the art world, and its core malt, 1770, salutes the city's first distillery at Dundashill. Loch Katrine water, a Lowland style. Independently owned.

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