NV Glenfarclas 105 Cask Strength Single Malt Scotch Whisky, 60%

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  10/16/2021 - Papies wrote:

  Promises to be a beast of a spirit but frankly the use of a lot of spicy/toasty barrel smooths the whisky and gives it a close to spiced rum feel more than a scotch. The 60% is there thoguh at the end of the night when all the sweet oak fades. Use with caution :)

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  3/4/2019 - andrewdodd86 wrote: 94 Points

  Loved this, need a bottle. Always interesting to try cask strength Scotch. A beast, young powerful and intense, less oak and virtually no smoke

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  1/23/2018 - Homer Holland Likes this wine: 87 Points

  J&G Grant, Glenfarclas, 105, Cask Strength, Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky, 60%Abv.
  OB
  NAS (it is said to be a blend of approx. 8 to 20 years old whisky's)
  Uncolored
  Non-chillfiltered
  Cask Strength
  On back-label G8344 = ? (I could not find a lot. no.)
  EAN 5018066105015
  1 Litre
  105 = 105 proof = 60%Abv (sometimes bottlers dilute a cask strength bottling to a lesser degree, such as to 60%Abv.)
  Glenfarclas 105 was launched in 1968 and was originally hand-filled from the cask and distributed to employees and friends of the distillery as a Christmas present.
  
  See my earlier TN.
  For € 30 to 33 for 1 Litre QPR=9 !
  S=87 R=9(30-33) 1/23/18
  
  Compared to the Amrut Distilleries, Indian Single Malt Whisky, Aged in Oak Barrels, Cask Strength, Bottled 12.2015, Batch No. 70, 61.8 % Vol., On back label: B.No.70, DEC-2015.
  The 105 more malty, somewhat more complex and length, more elegant, less woody and tannins.
  But, I like the uniqueness, the rustic style, the roughness and the tannins of the Amrut more.
  However I like the 105 too and it is a standard whisky for me and is a steal for € 30 to 32 for 1 Litre.

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  1/23/2018 - Homer Holland Likes this wine: 89 Points

  From:
  https://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=2296869
  NV Glenfarclas 105 Cask Strength, NAS, OB 2015, Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky, 60%
  
  5/24/2016 - SOTERIOLOGIST favorite WROTE: 89 Points
  [Final draft after tasting and emptying a bottle between January 28th and May 24th of 2016.]
  
  Was 90 first, but then an 88-89.
  
  Not nearly as elegant, integrated as refined as the 15 year old. But with the 1 liter bottle so much cheaper that I tentatively declared it the value champion among all un-peated whisky in this video on it (and here some more remarks on it).
  
  Loads of cinnamon on the nose, more than usual in the house Glenfarclas, fruit cake, prunes, behind that a briny element of old man's used underwear, and all that is the typical sherry influence which is pretty obvious, rustic and a bit dusty in this one. On the palate (I use some water to dilute it down to roughly 46% abv) very typical, the sweet arrival of the Glenfarclas licorice, a little heat from the alcohol, more cinnamon, and very dry in the length. A good example of why sherry maturation might create an illusion of sweetness through the fruitiness and the christmas spices but actually brings in dryness, as explained in this video. And the tastes are more "granular" (which I found to be the magic word here) compared to the 15 yo, for instance.
  
  If you love the Glenfarclas signature in its very abundant but a bit raffish rather than elegant incarnation, this will satisfy you at a superb qpr. Nevertheless, the one bottle I have left will probably be enough for me for many years if not the rest of my life.

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  10/16/2017 - Homer Holland Likes this wine: 88 Points

  NV Glenfarclas, 105, Cask Strength, Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky, 60%Abv
  1 Litre
  OB, NAS
  105 = 105 proof = 60%Abv (sometimes bottlers dilute a cask strength bottling to a lesser degree, such as to 60%Abv.)
  A realy very good (CS) whisky for a low price.
  It is farmyard like, rough, unpolished and somewhat young (but I like young, approx. 7 to 8 years old whisky's, as also the famous Dutch whisky man Han van Wees does), but always satisfying and never disappointing.
  With lots of sherry barrel influences, but not too much.
  I do not understand how they can make a 'CS' at exactly 60%Abv year in, year out, so I wonder, but no matter what and how, the taste is great for its price.
  The ratings on CT! of 79 and 98 are for me both ridiculous, resp. too low and too high.
  And sorry, for me, as a liqueur lover, it is also ideal for mixing it approx. 50/50 with Drambuie, which makes the Drambuie less sweet and giving it more of a punch through a higher %Abv.
  For € 30 to 32 for 1 Liter QPR=9 !

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