Glenfarclas 1981 Family Cask VII Plain Hogshead #57

Glenfarclas 21 Year Old

I love this whisky, it doesn't get my highest mark but it's fantastic, its an older whisky, which is delicate yet easily accessible. * Nose: perfume sherry, sultanas, dates, vanilla of course, some woodsap, some smoke and oak coming through, also some floral notes, all emerging very slowly, give this one plenty of time. With Water richer, more...

Score 90/100

Glenfarclas 30 Year Old

I've saved the best for the last! Odd little way to start a whisky review, but it's true. My wife had bought me a whisky advent calender from Master of Malt that was made up of 24 different whiskies, from all over the world, different styles, all the good stuff. I'd decided to start the calender with whiskies that I'd already had and had...

Score 92/100

Glenfarclas 12 Year Old

Picked this one up in November of 2015 and popped it open tonight. Nose - Sweet and woody fresh ripe oak coupled with strong hints of dried fruit and raisins. Moving along we get butterscotch with grapes on the side. Add to that some brown sugar, and big sherry with the slightest hint of char and extremely faint smoke. This is one potent and...

Score 88/100

Glenfarclas 25 Year Old

A 25 year old well constructed Sherry cask whisky from Speyside for just over £100... how is this still a thing? Obviously the time travelling team at Glenfarclas are still pricing at late 90's prices. Not that I am complaining. Nose Sherry, sherry, sherry... but despite all this sweetness up front the nose can only be described as gentle. Raisins...

Score 89/100