The Good Spirits Co.

31/08/2024

We’ve just announced a whole slew of tastings so please enjoy swiping through the tasting room wall! Tickets and further info as always available in-store or online 🥃

21/08/2024

Sometimes we get deliveries into both shops that are just serendipitous. A match made in heaven for this driech Glasgow day? We don't know, but would be a fun hauf n hauf to try.

From we have a 15year old Aultmore that has had full maturation in a 1st Fill Red Wine Barrique. A juicy number packed with black grapes, plums and red fruits, this is a delight of a dram.

From and available in we have a Buckie, a black grape sour with big sweet and juicy notes.

Two new products finding inspiration in the same infamous product. Who'd have thunk it!

14/08/2024

Fresh new batches from have made their way to us:
⚫️ Cask Strength combines 87% prayed and 13% unpeated spirit. Overheard: “It’s got it all going on” and “if it were a Game of Thrones character it would be Brienne of Tarth”
🟡 Sauternes Cask Release is unpeated spirit aged for 5.5 years in bourbon casks and 2.5 in Sauternes casks. Overheard: “It’s summer. Maybe like one of those Dornish characters”. Apricots.

p.s. we still have some of our outrageously delicious single cask bottling and The Midgie 🦟🌞

08/08/2024

New to the shelves we have Seven Stars Blended Scotch Whisky. Including whisky from distilleries all over Scotland, the blend is finished in Oloroso Sherry casks and bottled at a respectable 46%. A bit of Campbeltown funk, a bit of gunpowder, and really tasty for £41.50

29/07/2024

International Tiger Day is a perfect opportunity to chat about , which has recently joined our shelves! Khoosh was a fine cocktail bitter, popular at the turn of the 20th century. In 2022 it was reinterpreted with the original bitter ingredient Quassia Amara. It’s citrus-forward with a mild herbaceousness, and makes a great spritz or negroni variation. Pick up a bottle and you’ll be riding side-saddle in no time at all! 🐅

22/07/2024

Here’s a rundown of our upcoming tastings through the end of August! There are still places available for cocktails, rum, whisky, and Aperitivo Time, which appropriately lands on a Sunday afternoon 🍹
Book online or come visit us in the shop!

17/07/2024

We’ve added a new bottling to our growing collection! Please give a warm welcome to: The Good Spirits Co. Glen Garioch 11 Year Old, 54%. Roddy writes: “We’ve had rather a spate of new bottlings of our own recently, so we’ve not really talked much yet about this one, even though it arrived a couple of weeks back. It’s from a single refill barrel, and we reduced the strength by a few percent to that sweet spot where the distillate character can really sing. It’s sweetly malty, with the characteristic Garioch spice (we swear there’s a bit of ginger in this one). That malted barley note runs all the way through to the finish. Like our Pulteney 9 Year Old, this is a dram which really gets to the core of the distillery character.” Get it in-store or online 🌾

12/07/2024

We’ve just received some new beauties from from their cask series no. 24!
We’re going with their unparalleled tasting notes here:
Linkwood 14 year | Nose: Scottish perfumery | Palate: banana bread, popping candy and white pepper
Tullibardine 10 year | Nose: vanilla Danish pastry, peachy & soft oak | Palate: ginger snap cookies, dried spices & tinned fruit salad
Orkney 17 year | Nose: toffee caramels & popcorn | Palate: light & fluffy maple pancakes with fresh green berries
Ardbeg 14 | Nose: rich mussels with gravadlax sauce, bbq sauce from the artisan* | Palate: so much soot, earth, smoke & fresh-farm flavours
Mix of Distilleries 50 year Blended Grain | Nose: pralines, vintage car leather & wet forest floor | Palate: Madeira cake - kick of ginger & musty oak
( please elaborate on “the artisan”?)

11/07/2024

Today we have Hungary v France from with two limited releases in their small batch series!
🇭🇺 is a rich, tropical and fruity single malt with mango, orange, dried apricot, cashew and manuka honey from the Hungarian Tokaji Casks
🇫🇷 is a lightly peated single malt with honey, poached pear, dried apple and vanilla ice cream from Cognac Casks
Available in-store or on our website 🥃

08/07/2024

We’ve got a few gorgeous new gins in! Anyone know what these three have in common??
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21/06/2024

We’re very excited about these three new liqueurs from Japan 🇯🇵
🍋 La Yuzu is zesty and vibrant with balanced sweetness and bright, lemon-orange acidity
🍅 La Tomato is fresh and summery and would make a nice savoury martini we imagine
🍈La Okinawa Shi-Kuwa-Sa is based on juice from Okinawan limes which give a lovely sort of melony flavour and could be a brilliant substitute for Midori if you would rather not have the colour!

17/06/2024

Thanks for your understanding 🫶

14/06/2024

We have a temporary problem with payments on the shiny new website (pesky digital gremlins), but will be back up and running fully as soon as possible. For now, take a digital browse, and we'll see you in the shops as always. Watch this space for updates.

12/06/2024

Just in from Signatory!
🍷Glen Rothes 10yr Oloroso Sherry Butts
🍷Linkwood 10yr 2nd Fill Oloroso Sherry Butts
🍷Glentauchers 12yr 1st Fill Oloroso Sherry Butts
All from their “100 Proof” series all bottled at 57.1% and let us know in the comments if you want that explained at all because it is in no way confusing!!

10/06/2024

Everyone please welcome to the stage ’s Cask Strength Batch 2! It’s the second in a series of annual limited-edition bottlings, matured in a combination of Oloroso Sherry, STR and PX casks. On the nose you’ve got apples, peach syrup and marmalade, with lavender and rose coming in on the palate. Then there’s a fruity, black peppery finish. Available in store and on our new website!

07/06/2024

Foursquare’s yearly limited release is just out! The 2011 vintage from their Exceptional Cask Selection series is a blend of light and heavy rums, aged for 12 years in ex-bourbon casks. If you are not currently on the beach in Barbados is this not the next best thing?!

04/06/2024

Our bottling of this single cask has just landed! One of only 647 bottles, unpeated Spanish oak, ex Olorosso Sherry Butt, Golden Promise Barley. Unchill-filtered, natural colour and natural cask strength. Matthew notes: “The nose has dried fruit like raisins and dates, then some ginger bread and hint of mint. The palate is rich, with dried fruit and baking spices which leads to a long finish with a touch of mint then gentle spices slowly fading on the long finish.”
Available in the shop and online 🥃

03/06/2024

Fresh from last months cocktail club, we created this tasty tipple, 'Just a Smidge' using the latest treat from The Midgie.

Combining the whisky with L'Aperitivo Nonino, Pataka Ginger Liqueur, Honey Syrup, a touch of Supasawa and Lemon bitters, this was stirred down, poured over ice and garnished with a lemon twist and spray of The Midgie over the top.

Call us biased, but we think this is the perfect summer evening sipper

01/06/2024

Our BRAND SPANKING NEW website is now LIVE everybody!!! It’s got everything we have in stock, notices about tastings, staff picks, new arrivals and everything you could ever possibly want in an online store devoted alcoholic beverages. Fill your baskets folks it’s picnic season! Link in bio 🛍️

25/05/2024

We’re so pleased with our bottling of this Arran 7 year old, in collaboration with . Roddy notes “intense baking spices, aromatic peat, and sweet baked apples lead to rich, savoury, coastal peatiness, with a delightful creamy texture”. Only 228 bottles exist so get in quick 🏎️

22/05/2024

New in store and online today! ’s Sauternes cask matured single malt offers up barbecued pineapple, candied ginger and floral peat smoke.
We’re also excited about Ichiro’s Malt & Grain World Blended Whisky which contains whisky from Ireland, Scotland, Japan, Canada, and the United States. This one is hard to get your hands on so only one per person! Come give us a visit or have it delivered to you 📦🚴🏼

10/05/2024

Back in stock we have a range of wine cask finishes from !
🟡 is finished in a selection of Sauternes white wine casks, and shows the sweeter side of Arran Single Malt, with honey, sultana and melon.
🔴 is finished in the casks from an artisan producer of Amarone wine. You’ll get cherry, chocolate and Turkish delight from the influence of this rich and expressive red.
⚫️ gives baked apples, vanilla spice and bitter orange from the Port cask finish.
These have a habit of disappearing off the shelves in a timely manner so get in pronto🍷

02/05/2024

We're very please to have a late addition to our tastings for May. Thursday 16th will see North Star presenting six of their finest drams.

We're delighted to welcome to the shop North Star Spirits brand ambassador Marcos McCurley, who'll be presenting six whiskies from the independent bottler's range.

28/04/2024

Important question for Sunday afternoon❗️What do ~you~ call the style of closure on these bottles? If there is a definitive answer we need to know! Also all these exceedingly reusable bottles are on the shelves waiting to be popped 🍾

24/04/2024

🆕 on our shelves today is the Loch Gorm 2024 release from . This sherry matured limited edition has waves of sweet barbecue smoke, cooked fruits and dark chocolate on the nose, and delicate peat smoke combined with honey roasted nuts, malted barley and cinnamon on the palate. Machir Bay is back in stock as well! 🟦

15/04/2024

New in stock is ABC from Christian Drouin, a French apéritif made from calvados and apple must aged in oak barrels, aromatised with quinquina, mugwort, elderflower and yuzu. Delicious and unique and getting your hands on a bottle is easy as! 🍎

11/04/2024

We’re popping up on the ground level of Princes Square for ❗️Come say hello and check out our brand new bottles in stock. We’ll be there Thursday - Saturday 10-6 and Sunday 11-5 for the next two weeks. Festival goers receive a 10% discount on festival partner products including and 🍸

04/04/2024

Back by popular demand is Mates Rates, our ready-to-drink cocktail with a split base of dark rums and vanilla and dark chocolate liqueurs. Directly inspired by Mini Eggs, this cocktail is velvety and delicious and perfect poured over ice. Limited quantities so get in quick 🪺

08/03/2024

Looking for some last minute Mother Day gifts? Well we have you sorted! This just a few of our staff picks of some new products that have arrived that we think would make a perfect gift.

29/02/2024

Hello! New things are in, have a stroll through and see what delights need a fresh glass to call home! Also CRISPS!