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Glenfarclas 1966-2002 - 36 Year Old - SMWS 1.103 - Hymn Books & Morello Cherries



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CONDITION

Good.

FILLING LEVEL

High Neck

LOT DESCRIPTION

Glenfarclas 1966 - 2002. 36 Year Old. Bottled by The Scotch Malt Whisky Society. Society cask number 1.103. Hymn Books & Morello Cherries. 70cl. 50.5%. 88.3 Proof. In wooden presentation box.

A single cask Glenfarclas 1966 36-year-old released in 2002 by the Scotch Malt WHisky Society with the SMWS code 1.103 and the subtitle Hymn Books and Morello Cherries. As you might have guessed from the colour, this was a sherry butt that yielded 496 bottles and is stuffed with classic 1960s ‘Farclas fruit and nutty flavours with abundant spices and a hint of dark chocolate.

Distillery:  Glenfarclas

Distillery Status:  Working

Bottler: The Scotch Malt Whisky Society

Region: Speyside

Distilled Year: 1966

Bottling Year: 2002

Age: 36

Limited Edition: yes

Cask Number: 1.103

Category: Single Malt

Country: Scotland

Bottle Size: 70cl / 700ml

ABV: 50.5% / 88.3 Proof

One of Speyside’s greatest distilleries, Glenfarclas continues to plough the same furrow of exceptional quality spirit, sherry cask maturation, unfussy packaging and unbeatable value for money that has served it so well for decades, with the distillery’s careful stewardship of long-aged stock reserves and refusal to abandon the use of sherry casks leaving it perfectly placed to pick up the growing number of disillusioned Macallan fans.

Glenfarclas is a classic old school Speyside distillery and has been owned by the Grant family since 1865. The Grants have maintained the best traditions of old school whisky-making, using long fermentation times and direct-fired stills, and have been rewarded with an army of loyal followers. Independent bottlings of Glenfarclas are exceptionally rare; thankfully, the consistent quality of the official bottlings ensures that their absence is not felt.

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) began in late 1970s Edinburgh when founder Pip Hills persuaded a group of friends to chip in for a cask of Glenfarclas, and was officially formalised in 1983. Today the SMWS has two venues in Edinburgh, a London bar and a string of international partnerships serving its 35,000 members. 

The Society’s whiskies are known for their unique SMWS coding system. Each cask bottled is assigned two numbers, representing the distillery and the bottling number, so 1.45 is the forty-fifth cask bottled from the first distillery and 33.27 is the 27th cask from the 33rd distillery.

Glenmorangie bought the Society in 2004, but sold it in 2015 to a private consortium who floated the SMWS on the stock market in 2021 via their holding company Artisanal Spirits Co.

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Last Bids £140.00 8th May 2025 06:59 AM