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SMWS 1.240: Glenfarclas

“Darwins beard oil” · Past release, no longer on sale

Sold outJul 2021

1.240

Darwins beard oil

SMWS regionSpeyside

Age7 years

ABV61.1%

Outturn221 bottles

Cask1st fill ex-oloroso Spanish oak hogshead

SpiritMalt Whisky

Distillery from SMWS code 1
DistilleryGlenfarclas
RegionSpeyside

In short · Glenfarclas (Speyside), 7 years.

“The initial nose bristled with toasted wood, BBQ embers, aged calvados and dried apple rings.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

£55View on SMWS

SMWS 1.240 is a single cask of Glenfarclas, in the Speyside region, 7 years old, bottled at 61.1%, released in the Jul 2021 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 1.x is from Glenfarclas.

How the price compares

At £55, this 7-year-old cost less than 7 of the 14 Glenfarclas bottlings aged 7–9 released 2020–2022 that we hold. They ranged from £55 to £61.20, with a median of £57.

Shaded: their range · line: this bottleRelease prices, not adjusted for inflation

Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.

About Glenfarclas

Beneath Ben Rinnes at Ballindalloch, Glenfarclas was licensed in 1836 and bought in 1865 by John Grant for £511 19s; his descendants still own and run it, one of Scotland's last truly independent family distilleries. Its six stills, the largest on Speyside, are fired directly by gas, and long years in sherry butts give a rich, dried-fruit, Christmas-cake depth. Still the Grants', five generations on.

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