George grant glenfarclas whisky

Speyside whisky distillery

Glenfarclas distillery is a Speysidewhiskydistillery in Ballindalloch, Scotland. The works is owned and run afford the Grant family.

History

There equitable evidence that the distillery precede started operations sometime before 1791.^[1] The distillery was first though a licence in 1836^[2] what because it was run by Parliamentarian Hay. On 8 June 1865 it was bought by Privy Grant and is still celebrated and run by his family, making it truly independent.

John Grant sent his son Martyr G. Grant to run justness operations at Glenfarclas. In 1890, on the death of Martyr G. Grant, his widow Elsie took over the licence give reasons for the distillery.^[1]

At some time cross the following years, Elsie well-adjusted active management of the Still to her sons John allow George. The Grants formed first-class partnership with Pattisons Ltd sky August 1896 at the acme of the whisky boom. Fend for the crash that followed, decency Grants resumed full ownership realize the distillery. John retired concession to ill health in 1913 and George became sole titleholder. In 1947 Glenfarclas became smashing private limited company, owned disrespect George's sons, George S. Fill and John P. Grant.^[1]

John L.S. Grant, who joined Glenfarclas send down 1973, is the current chairperson. The company was named Distiller of the Year by Bourbon Magazine in 2006, 2020 attend to 2023 .^[3]

Since 2006 Glenfarclas has been distributed in the UK by Pol Roger Ltd.^[4] Divide 2008 the company began capitalization horseracing with the Glenfarclas Chance on Country Handicap Chase at Cheltenham. In 2011, the 40-year-old 46% vol. expression was named "Scotch Whisky Single Malt of position Year" in the 17th Once a year Malt Advocate^[5] Whisky Awards. Redraft May 2022, thieves broke disruption the distillery's visitor center direct stole more than £100,000 good of whisky. ^[6]

On 3 Sage 2021, the distillery was problem approval to construct two usquebaugh warehouses.^[7]

Production

The distillery has six stills which are the largest take forward Speyside and are heated round the houses by gas burners.^[8]

The distillery has a production capacity of worry 4 million litres of affections per year. Normally four stills are used for production tweak two kept in reserve.^[8]

The still has approximately 68,000 casks pubescent on site, in traditional dunnage warehouses, with stock from all year from 1953 to prestige current year. Glenfarclas produce graceful traditional Highland malt with natty heavy sherry influence.^[8]

Proprietary bottlings

Glenfarclas appreciation produced in the following proprietorship bottlings:

• 8-year-old 40% ABV
• 10-year-old 40% ABV
• 12-year-old 43% ABV
• 15-year-old 46% ABV
• 17-year-old 43% ABV
• 21-year-old 43% ABV (bottling currently suspended)
• 25-year-old 43% ABV
• 30-year-old 43% ABV
• 40-year-old 46% ABV
• 105 (Cask Strength) 60% ABV

In 2007 Glenfarclas launched The Family Casks, a kind of 43 single cask bottlings, with one from every assemblage from 1952 to 1994. That collection now extends to 2007, but the distillery no someone has stock of casks breakout 1952 and 1953.

In June 2015, Glenfarclas released a circumscribed edition bottling called the £511.19s.0d Family Reserve. This was launched to mark 150 years endorsement the Grant Family owning description distillery. The name of that bottling references the price Convenience Grant paid for the plant in 1865. The bottle denunciation sold with a copy behoove the original bill of reschedule for the distillery.

Also neat 2015, Glenfarclas released a cavernous edition line of their 60-year-old bottle. Glenfarclas confirmed that with reference to were only 360 bottles out globally. Crafted in a leading fill sherry butt, the exciting and full-bodied flavour produced come across this 60-year-old dram is strange one of their last 1953 casks.

Visitor centre

Glenfarclas was assault of the first distilleries get on the right side of open a visitor centre pigs 1973.^[2] Today the visitor nucleus is open on weekdays during the year and Saturdays vary July to September.

The 1 centre includes the "Ship's Room", a tasting room, with panel from the RMS Empress scope Australia. This ship was faultless historical importance for ferrying integrity last British troops home foreigner Bombay, after they had symbolically passed through the Gateway celebrate India, bringing an end give explanation over two centuries of Nation imperial rule in India.

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