Glenfarclas 1989 Family Casks Single Cask 2017 70cl

Glenfarclas 1989 Family Casks Single Cask 2017 70cl

The legendary torn cheques and family casks of a family run distillery that refuses to be bought out by others.

Cask number 13055. One of 581 bottles matured in a Sherry Butt

In 2007, family-owned Speyside distillery Glenfarclas launched an ambitious collection of whiskies called The Family Casks: a series of 43 single cask, vintage single malts, spanning five decades. Ten years and hundreds of bottlings later, the venture is going strong.

George Grant didn’t even attend the launch of Glenfarclas The Family Casks in London, back in 2007. He went on holiday instead. ‘I just didn’t think it would be a success,’ he admits.

Then, shortly after the collection was unveiled at a tasting hosted by the Caledonian Club, Grant received a fax from his Japanese distributor ordering 178 bottles. ‘I was a little surprised,’ he recalls. ‘You don’t expect the Japanese to move quite that fast.

‘So I called him up and said it was great, but it seemed like quite a big order. Was this something he thought he’d be doing once a year, or every two or three years? “George- san , you don’t understand,” he said. “This order is for just one bar.”’

Ten years on, the whiskies have sold all over the world, particularly to those celebrating significant birthdays and anniversaries. ‘The year they were born, married, the year their children were born, the year they were divorced,’ says Grant, who represents the sixth generation of Glenfarclas’ owning family. ‘I’ve met some amazing people, and people who bought these whiskies to drink them. After all, these were designed to be opened and drunk.’

*condition note: label has some pealing but no big deal.

Tasting Notes

52.4% ABV

70cl

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