Glenfarclas 35 1981 Port Cask Matured IV

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When one thinks of a cat, they think of it being a calm animal that sleeps. However when someone trains a cat, that’s a surprise. It’s different. Thus we take note.

When one thinks of Glenfarclas, one thinks of sherry casks. Among Glenfarclas, Aberlour, and Macallan, Sherry screams from the rooftop. Not literally, otherwise drinking it would be inhuman and frightening.

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So when something is different, people pick up. A port cask, now, seems like it’s somewhat of a norm. Of the casks used, shopping the whisky aisle, we see we see ex-bourbon or sherry first, and then port as the next most popular.

However Glenfarclas has a regular series of the Family Collector line, in which they bottle a single cask in reverence of a past member. In this case, the whisky is dedicated to George S. Grant, who was custodian of Glenfarclas for 52 years.

I, for one…

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