Glenfarclas

I got a liter of Glenfarclas 12 at the Hamburg airport for 29 Euro this summer and it was very good. An almost syrupy-rich concoction that had strong overtones or both sherry and bourbon. Glenfarclas doesn't skimp on character.

Nice tour. GREAT shop. The "105'' Cask Strength is just amazing....thick, velvety....feels like it glows going down.

Agreed. Given a choice between that and the Aberlour A'Bunadh I'm not sure which one I'd go for.

Jim

I did an extended tour with them 10 months ago and afterwards a master class. I was very impressed. The tour is not as good as Aberlour, but the tastings you get after the extensive tour was excellent. I agree that the 15 of Glenfarclas indeed is excellent. I have a bottle of it here at home myself in the collection.

Peace,

Jock

The Step-We-Ceilidh Band.

U¿ytkownik "Hans" napisa³:

Agreed! Superb dram. Any Glenfarclas, actually. At a vertical tasting that I once did at the distillery, though, the quality seems to go up until you reach 21yo (IMO). The 25yo and the 30yo are also excellent, but seem ever slightly inferior to the 21yo. Also, I once had an absolutely smashing Whisky That Cannot Be Named from Adelphi Distillery, which in fact was a single cask Glenfarclas 50yo. One of the best whiskies I've ever had. Given a choice between Aberlour a'bunadh and Glenfarclas 21yo, I think I'd go for the Glenfarclas. Though the choice would be tantalizingly difficult.

Cheers, Rajmund

One of the best I ever had was their commemorative Year 2000 bottling. It was only a 10-year-old or so, but the casking in a fresh oloroso sherry butt made it heavenly--rich and robust, a perfect match to the sherry. I've seen similar fresh-sherry cask bottlings at Weinquelle in Hamburg since then.

All this talk about Glenfarclas made me go out and get a bottle of 105. I've yet to try it but I'm really looking forward to it.

U¿ytkownik "DrinkyBanjo" napisa³:

Contrary to the opinion apparently prevailing on this NG, the 105 is _not_ among my favourites. Probably the only Glenfarclas I would gladly replace by most other single malts (within reason, that is). Might have something to do with the particular kind of sherry profile that I'm not particularly fond of. Still, if that's what you like, that's what you like. Slainte!

Cheers, Rajmund

I helped a friend with a touring business in Scotland last year Rajmund. We did a Speyside tour with Swedish businesmen who did it as a teambuilding thing. Anyway, one of them bought a bottle of Glenfarclas at the detillery which was put in cask on Christmas day

Peace,

Jock

The Step-We-Ceilidh Band.

I tried it last night and I thought it had a nice nose but was a bit too strong. I always take my whiskey neat but this one will need to be a bit diluted moving forward. Otherwise a very nice dram.

But that sounds like the character of other drinks! Sherry? Bourbon? They arent Scotch!

But Glenfarclas IS....some of the best I've had. 15 yo is classic Speyside and the CS is that syrupy velvet the OP speaks of.

I do - new sherry or bourbon barrels!

The obvious question, then, is what is a "new" sherry or bourbon barrel? Unless it has had sherry or bourbon in it to begin with, then it's just a new barrel. It doesn't become a sherry or bourbon barrel until it has been used.

But then, what about your contention in another thread about the descrecation of "pure" scotch by being "tainted" by barrel residues? Sorry, your logic eludes me......

U¿ytkownik "mdavis" napisa³:

Especially that there is no residue. Casks are dissassembled before transporting, later they are reassembled and charred with open fire on the inside. I wonder what residue will survive that. I mentioned that fact in another thread, but Marvin seems to read extremely selectively...

Cheers, Rajmund

Yes I meant new barrels. Sorry if you couldnt work it out.

There will still be residue.

Uzytkownik "Marvin" napisal:

I give up.

Cheers, Rajmund