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How do we know for sure that cask strength whiskies are actually bottled at cask strength? The term cask strength should be pretty self explanatory, but the same can be said for single cask, and obviously we were wrong about that one.
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Oh Glenfarclas! The romance of whisky making is still very much alive in this small part of Speyside.
9.3
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Oh my god! Even a week after finishing this sample, I still can't get it out of my head. What an exceptional whisky!
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The Sherry Project started out as a simple head to head tasting, but has now turned into a comparison between five cask strength sherry drams.
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We're already halfway through The Sherry Project. The candidate for the third installment? The Glenfarclas 105!
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An all-time classic takes the crown in The Sherry Project. Which makes me happy and sad at the same time.
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It's no secret that the Glenfarclas 40 Year Old is an all-time favourite over here at Words of Whisky. Let's see how its younger sibling fares, the Glenfarclas 25 Years Old.
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Brace yourselves for an extravagant Glenfarclas tasting, ranging from 2004, all the way back to 1963. That's five decades!
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After this Glenfarclas had spent almost two decades in an ex-bourbon cask, the contents where then transferred to a virgin oak cask. That's almost never a good sign.
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No, I did not visit Spirit of Speyside in May. However, I lucked into a sample of the Glenfarclas 2004 13 Years Old that was released especially for this years edition of the festival.
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Ask a group of whisky enthusiasts what their favourite affordable Glenfarclas is (I'd say the 25 year old is the cut-off point), and votes are often split between the 15 years old and the 21 years old.
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The Glenfarclas 21-year-old has the same DNA as the 15-year-old, yet is very different. I like them equally though.
