This distillery is in a beautiful location. Its name means "Valley of the Green Grass." The tour was very well done. The tasting room is called "the Ship's Room" because it has the original ship's bar from the ocean liner Empress of Australia.
The wood panelling in the tasting room is also from the ocean liner.
The malt is lightly peated for this whisky. There is a range of single cask bottlings under the Family Casks label. You can enjoy whisky for each year from 1952 to 1994. I did not have the opportunity to try all of these whiskies.
Tasting Notes:
Glenfarcas 10 year old. Light colour and mild flavour with a hard finish
Glenfarcas 25 year old. Amber colour, smooth and tasty, 2 drops of water improve the finish making it less harsh.
Glenfarcas 30 year old. Darker amber colour, very smooth and tasty, bites at the finish. 2 rops of water improves the finish making it less harsh
All three whiskies are most welcome to be part of my drinks cabinet.
My great grandfather (my Scots Mum's grandfather) was the distiller here. When on a trip up this way in 1981, we knocked on the door of the Distiller's cottage, where my grandmother was born. We were invited in by the (then) current Distiller who was a fairly elderly gentleman. Much to our surprise, after a few minutes getting the tea ready, he went through to the other room to "get mother". There appeared a very kindly, frail, and ancient lady who fussed over my son, Matthew (who was then only 3). She was wearing a floor length black dress with a lace collar reminiscent of Rembrandt's portraits. She could easily have sat for the role of Whistler's Mother! I can show Chairman Bill a Google Streetview of the cottage if he's interested.
ReplyDeleteThank you Evan for your great comment! Please forgive my tardy reply. What a wonderful connection to have with Scotland and Glenfarcas. There's something very special about knowing where your people are from. The distiller's responsibilities are critical to the making of fine whisky. So here's a toast to your great grandfather and all who work so hard for the making of whisky. I will happily take a look at the Google Streetview when we can coordinate that.
DeleteLooking forward to some whisky tastings in the future.
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