Glenfarclas

Glenfarclas, meaning valley of the green grass, has been cranking out predominantly sherry cask matured whisky since 1844, when Robert Hay bought a license to create Glenfarclas Distillery on his farm. He popped his clogs in 1865 and the farm (with the distillery) was sold to a neighbour, John Grant. 6 generations later, George Grant runs the show and in many ways, retains a lot of the old style and character as the whisky was made there since the very start.

Direct Fired Stills

Glenfarclas Distillery still retains direct fire to heat its stills. While other methods were tried out, it’s believed that direct fire creates some of the unique character in the new make spirits at Glenfarclas.

Wood

All wood for maturing Glenfarclas whisky is sourced from Miguel Martin and is a misture of butts and hogsheads. All ex-olorosso and all European Oak.

Glenfarclas Distillery Facts

Circa 3.2 million LPA, a 6 still setup (3 wash stills and 3 spirit stills) and 12 wash backs of just over 40,000 litres each. It’s believed that there is a 72 hours fermentation, and malt is peated typically to about 3 ppms. Yeast from Mauri, malt from Muntons and Simpsons.

The Range

The Glenfarclas Distillery Range (in age order) starts with the Glenfarclas 105 cask strength NAS bottlings (there are also age statement versions of the 105), then goes from 10 year old, 12 year, 15 year, 17 year, 18 year, 21, 25, 30, Glenfarclas 40 and then a range of single cask “Family Casks” editions.