For more than 150 years, the Grant family have owned and operated the Glenfarclas Distillery in Ballindoch, Speyside. All through that period and into today, they have remained steadfast in producing some of Scotland’s finest single malts that are heavy in style and almost exclusively aged in sherry casks.  A rival distiller wrote to the Grant family in May 1912 and said, “of all the whiskies, malt is king, of all the kings, Glenfarclas reigns supreme,” a compliment they still hold dear and close to their hearts.

In 2007, Glenfarclas launched The Family Cask range. At first, the collection consisted of 43 single cask, vintage single malts, spanning 1952 to 2004. As stocks dwindled, the series has gone through several reincarnations, resulting in more than 380 vintages from 1953 to 2004. The Single Malt Shop is extremely proud to announce that they have an entire vintage set from this series to sell. It offers a rare opportunity to own one of the great collections in the chronicles of Scotch Whisky.

These casks represent a drinkable history of Glenfarclas’s profoundly unique journey.  Each vintage tells the story of the distillery and of craftsmanship, handed down from generation to generation.The Family Cask Collection offers the whisky connoisseur the opportunity to sample the full range of Glenfarclas single malts, which have been matured in a variety of different sherry casks and bottled at cask strength.

The Single Malt Shop’s Managing Director Ed Forrest adds, “After just recently selling an entire vintage range of Midleton Very Rare, we are very excited to bring this remarkable Glenfarclas Family Collection to market. Devotees of Scotch and single malts have nothing but the highest regard for what the Grant family have achieved. Their Glenfarclas Family Collection represents the finest bottlings they have created and we are honoured to be able to share them with our wonderful customers.”

“While other Scotch distilleries have come and gone, family firm Glenfarclas has kept distilling, quality being the hallmark of its longevity. Few, if any, malt distilleries in Scotland can rival Glenfarclas in Speyside for its extraordinary stocks of old whisky.”

The Spirits Business, August 2023

The Single Malt Shop is proud to offer this set of 52 Glenfarclas Family cask bottlings, with one bottle for each vintage, from 1953 to 2004, with whiskies aged from 14 to 59 years old. It is available now for €250,000. Click here to contact them about it.  The complete itinerary is as follows: