Glenfarclas 1980 Christmas

Glenfarclas 15 Year Old

Yes another review of Glenfarclas 15 yo. What for! The answer is easy: for batch variation! It is not only A'bunadh that we need to revisit. I thought that another modern classic deserved the same treatment. So here I go... I bought this bottle a month ago and opened it a little bit over two weeks ago. For the first two weeks it was simply...

Score 85/100

Glenfarclas 12 Year Old

Significantly richer sherry colour. Bright vanilla and oak on the nose with maybe a hint of rancio. Much more alcohol influence than the 10 year old although only 3% more alcohol. Lots of fire-y malt body with a slightly sweet and sour flavour.

Score 79/100

Glenfarclas 175th Anniversary

No, this whisky is not 175 year old as you might guess (a wee bit too much of maturation LOL), but rather a special 175 year anniversary bottling. Glenfarclas Distillery was first licensed in 1836 and to mark the 175th year of operation, this expression was released. It is really a vatting quite a few casks from different decades : the oldest cask...

Score 88/100

Glenfarclas '105'

Glenfarclas 105 is cask strength and I have to say that drinking it without water was a bad experience. I always test my cask strengths without water first. Every now and then there's cask strength that tastes good without water, like for me, Big Peat's cask strength. But Glenfarclas 105 tasted horrible. After some help from my sherry whisky...

Score 77/100