| Region of production: | Speyside |
| Distillery Location: | Ballindalloch, Moray |
| Year Established: | 1836 |
Top Spirits Produced
- Core Range:
- 10, 12, 15, 17, 21, 25, 30, 40 Years Old
- 105 Cask Strength, Heritage
- Limited Releases:
- The Family Casks: Limited releases of single cask, vintage single malts. First released in 2007 with 43 bottlings, from 1952 through 1994. Additional years have since been added to the range.
- Family Collector Series: Six releases designed to celebrate each generation of family ownership. Bottled between 2013 and 2016. In order, they are 1966 Fino Casks, 1956 Sherry Casks, 50 Years Old, 1981 Port Cask, 1986 Refill Sherry Butts, 1976 40 Years Old.
- £ 511.19S.0D Family Reserve: The 150th anniversary bottle, commemorating the price John Grant paid for the purchase of Glenfarclas.
Average Total Production
- 3.5 million liters neutral spirit before aging
Summary
Robert Hay founded Glenfarclas in 1836. The name means “glen of the green grassland” in Gaelic, and the property is situated at the foot of the Ben Rinnes, the highest mountain in the region. The modern distillery’s history begins in 1865, when John Grant, a cattle breeder, purchased the Recherlich Farm and, as part of the transaction, the distillery. The property was a useful halfway point between his existing farm and the cattle market. Today, Glenfarclas remains a family-run business, led by the fifth and sixth generations of the Grant family – a rarity among distilleries in Scotland. Glenfarclas offers many special releases to celebrate their long family history and craftsmanship.
Style & Distillation Techniques
Glenfarclas’s clean spring water comes down the granite slopes of the Ben Rinnes mountain. The distillery has three pairs of directly fired stills and wash stills equipped with rummagers, or copper chains that rotate along the bottom of the stills to prevent solids from sticking to the copper. Glenfarclas spirits are aged in used Oloroso casks selected by John Grant from a family-run estate in Spain.
Producer Website: Glenfarclas