Welcome to our Christmas Bulletin and all that’s new at Glenfarclas. Our distillery supervisor, Callum, tells us what’s been taking place on the distillery just lately. We’ll have a better take a look at our 15 yr previous single malt, a preview of our new Fifties Household Cask tour and we’ll let you know about our current award from Tripadvisor. We hope you take pleasure in it.
Distillery Supervisor
Callum A Fraser
As one other busy yr on the distillery attracts to a detailed, I wished to take a second to mirror and replace you on the previous yr at Glenfarclas.
Being a household owned and actually unbiased distillery our lifeblood is our folks. I wish to take this chance to thank the women and men of Glenfarclas, who work across the clock to create the whisky that you’ll be able to take pleasure in at present. This yr we stated goodbye to Stillman Jimmy Nichol, who retired after 17 years of loyal service. Thanks Jimmy to your arduous work and we want you all one of the best! We additionally welcomed Colin, Scott and Blair to the manufacturing staff.
We have now been working at full capability all through 2024 producing slightly below 3 million litres of alcohol. Our warehouse staff have been hand filling the casks on website and laying them all the way down to relaxation in one among our 42 dunnage warehouses, the place they may lay undisturbed for a few years.
Throughout our scheduled summer season shutdown or silent season, you may be happy to know that the staff had been stored busy portray the well-known warehouse doorways crimson and chopping the grass across the distillery while we had been endeavor an enormous improve challenge on our Bio Plant. It will enable us to wash extra water per hour earlier than returning it to the River Spey, serving to us to proceed to do our half for the surroundings.
On a private notice, 2024 marked my twelfth yr at Glenfarclas as distillery supervisor, so I hope that sooner or later sooner or later you’ll be able to elevate a glass of our implausible 12-year-old Glenfarclas to mark the event.
I want you all a Merry Christmas and a really completely happy New 12 months!
INTRODUCING THE GLENFARCLAS 15-YEAR-OLD
Matured in Oloroso sherry casks and specifically bottled at 46% abv, it’s the excellent winter hotter to take pleasure in with household and pals this festive interval.
Tasting notes:
Color: Wealthy golden amber.
Nostril: Deliciously sherried, gentle butterscotch aromas, with a touch of dried blossom fruits.
Flavour: Full bodied with an excellent stability of sherried sweetness, raisins, almonds and lightweight citrus notes resembling Christmas cake.
End: Lengthy lasting, gloriously sherried, candy and distinguished. Sláinte!
50s Household Cask Expertise
We’re thrilled to announce the introduction of a brand new distillery expertise at Glenfarclas. That is the very first time a devoted Fifties Household Cask expertise has been supplied right here on the distillery. Our Fifties tour is a novel alternative to realize perception into one of many final household owned and run distilleries in Scotland by taking an in-depth tour and assembly our staff right here on website while visiting by no means seen earlier than areas of the distillery. We invite you to step again in time the place you’ll be able to marvel at our full Household Cask Assortment earlier than having fun with 5 specifically chosen drams from the Fifties in our VIP lounge.
This can be a one-of-a-kind expertise, for true Glenfarclas connoisseurs to take pleasure in a few of the rarest and most particular whiskies out there anyplace. The tour lasts between 2 ½ – 3 hours and is priced at £511.19 per individual (a nod to the acquisition value of the distillery again in 1865!). Excursions will be booked by appointment solely. For extra data, please e mail visitorcentre@glenfarclas.com Over 18s solely.
Tripadvisor Award
We’re delighted that our Customer Centre has been awarded the Tripadvisor Vacationers’ Selection Award 2024. Tripadvisor provides a Travellers’ Selection award to lodging, points of interest and eating places that constantly earn nice opinions from travellers and are ranked inside the high 10% of properties on Tripadvisor.
Nicely accomplished to Sarah and the staff!
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VISITING THE WORLD
During the last 12 months our staff based mostly right here at Glenfarclas have personally visited 21 nations worldwide to showcase and discuss our household owned and unbiased distillery. It has been an unbelievable yr with some fantastic experiences assembly Glenfarclas drinkers from throughout the globe. We can’t wait to see the place 2025 will take our Gross sales staff.
As we strategy the tip of one other outstanding yr, we wish to take a second to specific our heartfelt gratitude to your unwavering assist of Glenfarclas.
We hope this festive season brings you heat, pleasure, and cherished moments with family members. Might your glasses be full and your spirits excessive as we elevate a toast to recollections made and people but to come back.
Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas and a Pleased New 12 months! Right here’s to a different yr of outstanding whisky and shared experiences.
With warmest needs,
The Glenfarclas Workforce
