Glenfarclas 9 year Old - Southport Whisky Club Bottling

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Glenfarclas. Not a distillery I have sampled a great deal from before. I've never owned any either, apart from a half bottle of the 105 received as as a gift a couple of years ago, which I really enjoyed. Not sure why, they have just never really caught my attention.

Perhaps its the old school branding or maybe because their online presence is practically non-existent. Granted, both are poor excuses for not exploring more of "Probably Speyside's Finest Distillery" range, as it should all be about what's inside the bottle should it not? However, these things matter and Glenfarclas might be missing a trick here to draw more people in for a dram or two.

Anyway, on to the dram in hand.

This Glenfarclas is 9 years old and 1 of of 300 bottles produced especially for the @SouthportWhisky Club and Vino, an independent wine and spirit merchant in Edinburgh.

How did I get one? Thanks to my Malt Mate @jwbassman, who heartily reccommended the whisky and offered the chance to buy a bottle. He also designed the label. And took the picture below. Is there anything he can't do 😛?


Glenfarclas 9 Year Old  - Southport Whisky Club Bottling


ABV 48.2%


Nose - Heavy on the cask charr this! Dry, sherried and very savory for me. Musty dunnage, foosty wet towels,hint of salt n vinegar crisps. With time some red fruits appear. 

Taste - Immediate dry (Olorosso?) sherry. Thick and weighty, Some red berries, moves into more of a bourbon cask territory as it fades to the finish. Oak spice too. (I'm assuming this is a marriage of sherry and bourbon casks, but may be totally wrong).

Finish - Drying, very wood heavy and spicy.


Overall - This is a stoater of a dram, I may need to request another (signed by jwbassman this time) bottle.

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