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Glenfarclas 105 Cask Strength 40 Year Old

 
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William
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 5:18 pm    Post subject: Glenfarclas 105 Cask Strength 40 Year Old Reply with quote

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first bottling of Glenfarclas 105; J. & G. Grant have created a special limited edition bottling of Glenfarclas 105 at 40 Years Old, and at 60% Vol.. With only a couple of casks of the right style, age, and strength available, the Glenfarclas 105 Aged 40 Years truly is a limited edition. There are only 893 bottles available.



Glenfarclas 105 was originally bottled as an 8 Years Old, however since 1989, it has been bottled as a 10 Years Old. Glenfarclas 105 Aged 40 Years is a vatting of two casks distilled in 1965 and filled at receiver strength of 114.6 British Proof (65.4% vol.) and bottled in 2008.

Glenfarclas 105 is a Cask Strength whisky. The vast majority of whiskies are "reduced', water is added at the point of bottling to take the strength down to 40% or 43% Vol. Glenfarclas 105 is not reduced, instead casks are vatted together to obtain a constant strength of 60% Vol. Most whiskies would be deemed too over powering served at 60% Vol., however with a heavily sherried house style, Glenfarclas 105 is surprisingly smooth for its strength.

Glenfarclas 105 Aged 40 Years has been well received, scoring 96 out of 100 in Jim Murray's 2009 Whisky Bible. This limited edition is available from specialist whisky retailers in the UK, Europe and Asia, and retails for £550.00 at the Glenfarclas Distillery Visitor centre.

William

Just thought i would add this interesting fact about the British Proof System

The British Proof system developed prior to the invention of the hydrometer. It is well known that most distilleries evolved from what were originally illicit stills, so the early distillers were not always completely straight in their business dealings. One trick was to sell watered down whisky to innkeepers. To check for this potential fraud the innkeepers devised a method to check the strength. They would add gun powder to the whisky and try to light the whisky, if it did not light, water had been added. If it lit, the whisky was "proved'. 105 stands for 5 over proof, equivalent to 60% vol.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 6:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

HI William

It does sound good and Jim Murray seems to have really liked it. You have put me in the notion for a bottle of Glenfarclas 105, it has been a while since i have had it although the 40th anniversary edition is a little out of my price range but still a decent price for a 40 year old which scored so highly in the whisky bible.

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 9:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Tasted it last weekend and must admit, though out of my price-range, it's very very very good Glenfarclas!

Congrats to the Grants with their jubilee on the 105!
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 11:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Glenfarclas have some size of limited edition whisky range to pick from now with their Family Cask range and others such as this and they always seem to get good reviews. This one does sound worth a try given The Whisky Bibles review and it is not too bad a price as Gary says considering its age.

I think i have mentioned this before, that it would be nice to see the 105 and 10 year old more available in the big high street shops as it certainly deserves a bigger audience and it would be nice to pick it up when the notion takes me without having to pay postage. Sainburys did stock it a while back but thats the only big shop i have saw it in.

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PostPosted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 4:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes well done to Glenfarclas for reaching 40 years with the 105, i have always rated Glenfarclas highly and i am sure this is a superb malt given the reviews it has had.

Mark, i didnt really notice before what a big range Glenfarclas now has i was just browsing through it at The Whisky Exchange they have 76 different bottles available, very tempting.

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PostPosted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 6:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

What stands out for me when you do a search for Glenfarclas on The Whisky Exchange site is the full set of Family Cask bottles 43 bottles in total 1952 - 1994 for £14,500
Now that is definitely out of my price range.

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 2:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Good to see a quality whisky like Glenfarclas 105 still going strong after 40 years and i would love to try the anniversary bottling but at £550 i will have make do with the ordinary 105.

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