The new Glenfarclas whisky was released this month to mark 185 years since the producer began legally distilling in May 1836.

Glenfarclas, which means ‘valley of the green grassland’, uses spring water that emerges from granite under the slopes of the Speyside mountain, Ben Rinnes.

The water is combined with malted barley and double distilled in copper pot stills before two-thirds is filled in Spanish Sherry oak casks. The remaining liquid is poured into normal oak casks. The casks used to make the whisky span six decades.

George Grant, a sixth-generation family member and current sales director, said: “Due to my grandfather’s foresight, here at Glenfarclas we are very fortunate to have casks in our dunnage warehouses from seven different decades, from the 1950s to the 2020s.

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