Corporate receptions, product launches, team evenings and private dinners for 30 to 180 guests can be organized at The Clydeside Distillery, a single malt whisky distillery on the north bank of the River Clyde in Glasgow. Groups take over the whole building for the evening: private dining suits 30 to 50 guests, and a standing drinks reception takes 100 to 180.
Seminars and company events
The distillery is hired on an exclusive basis for evening events, after the daytime visitor hours. Its events team shapes the program for product launches, team-building evenings, client receptions and Christmas parties. A typical evening starts in the reception area, continues with the Dockside Story exhibition on the history of the port and of Scotch whisky, and moves on to an informal guided tour of the production floor, where guests see the copper stills and the views over the Clyde. Tastings follow in the tasting room. Personalized screens are part of the hire, and the team can add a single piper at the door, acoustic musicians during dinner, a three-piece band or a classical quartet. Extra options include whisky and food pairing, a chocolate and whisky tasting and bespoke gifts. Each guest leaves with a dram glass.
Rooms and capacities
The tasting room seats 30 to 50 guests for dinner and is used for private dining. The Dockside Story exhibition and the reception areas take a standing reception of 100 to 180 guests, with tasting stations and a bar set-up available. The restored Pumphouse holds the polished concrete reception and a flexible event space. The still room, with its tall copper stills, looks out over the river. The distillery also has a VIP Blender's Room, used during the Whisky Creator tour, where guests blend their own bottle from single casks.
Catering
The events team and the chef write a menu for each event, built on Scottish produce, and can adapt it to dietary needs. Private dinners are served as four courses in the tasting room, with personalized menus and place cards. Receptions are built around canapés, with bowl food and a visiting oyster stand as options. Welcome drinks include a signature Clydeside whisky cocktail, Prosecco, St Mungo's beer or an alcohol-free cocktail, and the bar serves a full range of spirits along with the distillery's own single malts.
History and setting
The Clydeside opened as the first dedicated single malt whisky distillery in the city of Glasgow in more than a century. It stands next to the former Queen's Dock, once part of the city's industrial port, and the restored Pumphouse that served the dock now forms the entrance. A contemporary distillery building sits beside it, and the exhibition tells the story of the dock and of the early whisky trade. The site is graded as a five-star visitor attraction.
Getting there
The address is 100 Stobcross Road, Glasgow G3 8QQ, on the riverside path about 30 minutes on foot from the city center. Exhibition Centre station, about five minutes by train from Glasgow Central, is a 15-minute walk away, and Partick subway and rail station is a 20-minute walk. The SEC and the Riverside Museum are both about 10 minutes away on foot, with bus stops served by route 100. National Cycle Route 7 runs past the front door. Parking is free for visitors, and the site lies outside Glasgow's Low Emission Zone.
