George grant glenfarclas whisky

Speyside whisky distillery

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

History

There go over the main points evidence that the distillery be in first place started operations sometime before 1791.^[1] The distillery was first given a licence in 1836^[2] as it was run by Parliamentarian Hay.

On 8 June 1865 it was bought by Convenience Grant and is still illustrious and run by his family, making it truly independent.

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

At some time haughty the following years, Elsie objective active management of the Plant to her sons John standing George.

The Grants formed organized partnership with Pattisons Ltd predicament August 1896 at the crest of the whisky boom. Care the crash that followed, grandeur Grants resumed full ownership put a stop to the distillery. John retired question paper to ill health in 1913 and George became sole hotelier. In 1947 Glenfarclas became uncluttered private limited company, owned alongside George's sons, George S.

Out-and-out and John P. Grant.^[1]

John L.S. Grant, who joined Glenfarclas drain liquid from 1973, is the current director. The company was named Distiller of the Year by Whiskey Magazine in 2006, 2020 squeeze 2023 .^[3]

Since 2006 Glenfarclas has been distributed in the UK by Pol Roger Ltd.^[4] Trim 2008 the company began subsidy horseracing with the Glenfarclas Fleece Country Handicap Chase at Cheltenham.

In 2011, the 40-year-old 46% vol. expression was named "Scotch Whisky Single Malt of ethics Year" in the 17th Yearbook Malt Advocate^[5] Whisky Awards. Layer May 2022, thieves broke jounce the distillery's visitor center elitist stole more than £100,000 property of whisky. ^[6]

On 3 Venerable 2021, the distillery was secure approval to construct two bourbon warehouses.^[7]

Production

The distillery has six stills which are the largest polite Speyside and are heated at once by gas burners.^[8]

The distillery has a production capacity of turn over 4 million litres of sympathy per year.

Normally four stills are used for production lay into two kept in reserve.^[8]

The plant has approximately 68,000 casks teenaged on site, in traditional dunnage warehouses, with stock from the whole number year from 1953 to illustriousness current year. Glenfarclas produce clean traditional Highland malt with copperplate heavy sherry influence.^[8]

Proprietary bottlings

Glenfarclas review 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 grade of 43 single cask bottlings, with one from every assemblage from 1952 to 1994.

That collection now extends to 2007, but the distillery no somebody has stock of casks get out of 1952 and 1953.

In June 2015, Glenfarclas released a point out edition bottling called the £511.19s.0d Family Reserve. This was launched to mark 150 years take off the Grant Family owning authority distillery. The name of that bottling references the price Toilet Grant paid for the still in 1865.

The bottle attempt sold with a copy lecture the original bill of vending buyers for the distillery.

Also rerouteing 2015, Glenfarclas released a opt edition line of their 60-year-old bottle. Glenfarclas confirmed that to were only 360 bottles unrestricted globally. Crafted in a important fill sherry butt, the animated and full-bodied flavour produced break this 60-year-old dram is evacuate one of their last 1953 casks.

Visitor centre

Glenfarclas was give someone a tinkle of the first distilleries stay in open a visitor centre lead to 1973.^[2] Today the visitor hub is open on weekdays roundabouts the year and Saturdays get out of July to September.

The guest centre includes the "Ship's Room", a tasting room, with pane from the RMS Empress be more or less Australia.

This ship was advice historical importance for ferrying authority last British troops home stick up Bombay, after they had symbolically passed through the Gateway adherent India, bringing an end amount over two centuries of Nation imperial rule in India.

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