Glenfarclas 1980-2018 | 38 Year Old The Family Cask 1916Speyside Single Malt Scotch WhiskyDistillery Bottling 70cl 43. 3% From the Winter 2018 release of Glenfarclas's Family Casks series, this Glenfarclas 1980 38 year old comes from Cask 1916, a refill hogshead that yielded 184 bottles at 43. 3%. These refill cask Glenfarclases (Glenfarcli?) are fascinating, and prove beyond doubt that Glenfarclas aren't just a one trick pony with access to fantastic sherry casks. Cask 1916 joins a long line of refill

motor oil and little flecks of green fruits

easy-drinking whisky for fans of slightly more complex

An old private bottling of Ben Nevis 1996

and it is presented in a Scotch Pine box containing a glass stopper

Distillery Elijah Craig

The scent of Islay botanicals gently rises

and hints of tobacco leaf

with hordes of new fans for this distillery's delicious

featuring drams from Port Askaig

You see a fair bit of Benrinnes around these days

Distillery Arran

Millburn was an old school Highland distillery that was rarely bottled in its lifetime and stocks may well be exhausted - at the time of writing in 2023 this is the only new bottling of Millburn listed on Whiskybase since 2009