Speyside 40 Year Old Sherry Cask Douglas Laing

Glenfarclas 17 Year Old

First off, I owe all of my thanks to rigmorole for encouraging me to give this distiller another try after my 10-year debacle tasting at a bar. I had sworn Glenfarclas off at that time. Over my first six weeks into sampling single malts, I had dove in head first to the tune of $1400 US in bottle purchases plus more from bar samplings that totaled...

Score 96/100

Glenfarclas 15 Year Old

Another sample courtesy of @paddockjudge. I’ve tried the Glenfarclas 105 10 year and found it a little rough, though it did improve with some water. Without going back and looking at that review, how will a lower ABV and 5 more years in oak affect this distillate? Nose: Neat - right off the bat I get the same vegetal smell as I get from the...

Score 86/100

Glenfarclas Old Speyside 1966

I got a sample of this special bottle for my 40th birthday from a good friend. It's the Old Speyside 1966/2006 40 Year Old M&H Cask of which only 270 bottles were filled. All connoisseurs seems to agree that this is actually a Glenfarclas. Glenfarclas is one of the last family owned distilleries. They called themselves Glenlivet around 1850,...

Score 91/100

Glenfarclas '105'

For the 105th or so review, there was really only one option…. I've reviewed a range of Glenfarclases (10/15/21/25/30/40), but none with such high ABV; this feature is often seen as making the 105 a contender to Aberlour's A'bunadh (of which I've tasted 4 batches and reviewed 2). Let's see. I am reviewing it H2H, against its older 20yo version. My...

Score 86/100