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We had a friend who had been to Glasgow recently who recommended that we should visit this new distillery. I gather it's the only one is Glasgow although there have been many in the past. There are tours one might take; but Kate and I have seen many distilleries over the year. We don't need to do that again.
Our friend was keen on the restaurant where one could have some food and a whisky tasting. Hmm.... when we got there they were rethinking the restaurant — the room was there for tastings only.
A note on spelling. They write it as "whisky" (same in Canada); I sometimes write it as "whiskey" (like the Irish and Americans do). It tastes the same no matter how you spell it.
The location is on the north shore just a short distance up the Clyde from the Glasgow's Riverside Museum (Sam and Al had visited there earlier). The whole area is a redeveloped shipyard. Apparently this building was originally the pump house that operated the gates to the once thriving Queen's dock. In the song "I wish I was in Glasgow" (Billy Connolly) there's the lines about "We'd talk about the old days and the shipyard's sad decline". These days the area is quite spiffy but there remain some vacant yards, abandoned piers and the like. The distillery was opened in 2017 (see the Clydeside History). I assume that much of what they serve has come from other places. Whisky is aged; 2107 isn't that long ago.
We tasted some whisky; or at least I tasted some whisky — the ladies aren't into hard liquor. I had a flight with a bit of water and an eye dropper to dilute my drinks to my taste. It was nice whisky, much like the blends I drink as every day scotch. There's none of that nasty Islay style which, I think, people only buy because nobody else will drink it.
As you can see from the selfie above, our server was a great ham!
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