Glenfarclas distillery

Glenfarclas distillery
Region: Speyside
OwnerJ. & G. Grant
Founded1836
StatusActive
Water sourceBen Rinnes
No. of stills3 wash stills (29,600 L)
3 spirit stills (25,000 L)
Capacity4,000,000 litres

Glenfarclas distillery is a Speyside whisky distillery in Ballindalloch, Scotland. Glenfarclas translates as meaning valley of the green grass. The distillery is owned and run by the Grant family.[1] The distillery has six stills which are the largest on Speyside[2] and are heated directly by gas burners.

The distillery has a production capacity of around 4 million litres of spirit per year. Normally four stills are used for production with two kept in reserve.

The distillery has approximately 68,000 casks maturing on site, in traditional dunnage warehouses, with stock from every year from 1953 to the current year. Glenfarclas produce a traditional Highland malt with a heavy sherry influence.

  1. ^ "Home - Glenfarclas". Glenfarclas.
  2. ^ "Glenfarclas Distillery Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland". www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk. Retrieved 15 January 2019.