The latest entry to our Behind the Barrel series is to focus on the distillery of Glenfarclas Distillery. While located in the Speyside region , tend to produce whiskies more similar to highland regions palates

Glenfarclas translates to Valley of Green Grass. Glenfarclas is based in Ballindalloch, in the Speyside region of Scotland. Often producing traditional highland whisky with a heavy sherry influence.

A slightly disputed year of origin around the site and farmlands, Glenfarclas calls home, Some early evidence shows origins of distilling around 1791.  The distillery earned it first legal licence for distilling in 1836. 

On 8th June 1865, John Grant purchased the distillery and surrounding farm for £511.19sd, originally planned to be a halfway point between his existing Glenlivet distillery and the cattle market of Elgin due to John Grant being a cattle breeder. 

The distillery has remained owned by the various Grant family generations to this very day, making one of very few family and independently owned distilleries in Scotland. Glenfarclas has six largest stills on site, and among the Speyside distilleries. 

Four of stills are used for active production producing close to 4 million litres a year, the other 2 stills sit in reserve. Glenfraclas have close to 70,000 cask maturing across warehouse with casks for each year stretching back to 1953 to the current day.