Glenfarclas 1957 Family Casks X Sherry Hogshead #1081 The Family Casks

Glenfarclas 40 Year Old

Glenfarclas is one of the few distilleries that offers a 40 Year Old whisky that one can reasonably afford. It is bottled at the drinking strength of 46% and has a great, dark oloroso hue. On the nose I get deep sherry, exactly the way I like it. Juicy and fruity on plums and fresh dades, a marmalade of different kinds of berries and mandora....

Score 92/100

Glenfarclas 105' 40 Year Old

I slowly come to, head pounding like a kettle drum, tongue tasting of a litter box and dirty socks. The radio is coming in and out and for a minute I can't remember why I've been sleeping on the deli's concrete floor. Next to my head is the empty bottle of Glenfiddich 40 year old. That's right, the world has gone insane, people have gone insane,...

Score 95/100

Glenfarclas 21 Year Old

Nose: very smooth, sweet sherry lighter then the 15yo, vinilla cream candy toffee's, slight note of peppermint, candy oranges/apples. Palate: Ridiculously smooth and easy, cereal grains, nice maltiness, creamy, the sherry is sweet and only moderately heavy, toffee's and some fruit cake. Finish: Big note of sweet malted Barley, slight feel of milk...

Score 86/100

Glenfarclas Quarter Cask 1987

Quarter casks are small casks originally used to transport whisky on horseback. Nowadays it’s mostly associated with the Laphroaig expression. As these casks are smaller (around 125 litres), the whisky matures more quickly. Glenfarclas also had a couple of quarter cask experiments. This one mixes two casks filled on 03/07/1987 and two casks filled...

Score 84/100