Glenfarclas 25 Year Old Single Malt Whisky

Glenfarclas 25 YO

\nGlenfarclas 25 YO is gorgeously aged in Oloroso sherry casks, this whisky is smooth and silky on the palate with luscious flavours of fruit cake, dried fruit, chocolate and coffee. Complex with a lingering finish. \n \nThe Glenfarclas distillery is one of the last ‘family’ distilleries in Speyside. Glenfarclas was licensed in 1836 by farm tenant Robert Hay. In 1865 Glenfarclas was obtained from Robert Hay’s executors by John Grant and the operation has continued to operate under that very same name until the present day. \n \nGlenfarclas was rebuilt in 1896, shortly before Pattison, Elder & Co were bankrupted in 1898. \n \nThis bankruptcy sent shockwaves through the Scotch whisky industry; its effects were so profound that over a century later the story of ‘The Pattison Crisis’ is still being told as a cautionary tale. \n \nThe brothers Robert and Walter Pattison started out as dairy traders in Edinburgh. When demand for Scotch whisky exploded in the 1880’s and 90’s, the Pattisons saw an opportunity and started a blending and retailing company in 1887. In 1889 they collected 100.000 pounds at the stock exchange. \n \nThe flamboyant Pattison brothers were inventive pioneers in advertising. They were not discouraged by the fact that mass media like radio and television were not invented yet. \n \nThe Pattisons just used the ‘tools’ available to them at the time. At one time these tools even included parrots… The brothers distributed no less than 500 grey parrots amongst grocers. and these were no ordinary parrots; they were carefully trained to continuously shout ‘Buy Pattisons’ at the top of their little bird lungs. \n \nThanks to stunts like these (and massive sums of borrowed money) the Pattison’s whisky empire grew rapidly and they soon owned half of Glenfarclas and large chunks of Oban and Aultmore. \n \nIt couldn’t last and when the whisky market bubble burst the Pattison brothers ended up in jail and many distilleries closed. Glenfarclas went back to being solely owned by the Grant family and still is. \n \nFor the Glenfarclas 15YO - https://haywines.co.uk/product/glenfarclas-15-yo/ \n \nGlenfarclas 25 YO - Hay Wines