Glenfarclas 105 Cask Strength

Bottled in 2018 The archetypal modern NAS cask strength sherry bomb is Glenfarclas 105. That is to say, one spicy, woody, and nutty fucker that tastes nothing like sherry. Every distillery known for sherried whiskies is releasing a young cask strength expression and pricing it in the same range; I suspect it’s because they can make big margins off really young whisky matured in cheap made-to-order sherry casks. I can’t keep up with or tell the difference between all the examples; they all Hacksaw Jim Duggan your throat with a mass produced stave. Hoooo! You better add water to dilute this, in order to get a sherried whisky experience instead of a WWE one; perhaps a teaspoon per ounce. Then you get some sultanas, toffee, and nutmeg, and a nice oaky vanilla finish; rather than the blast of pepper, alcohol, and bitter oak if you try this neat. I got this bottle for sale at $58.99. At that rare price, I would buy this again. But usually these bottles approach $100. At that price, if I wanted a sherried Glenfarclas, I would spend a few extra bucks for a Glenfarclas 17; or, if I wanted a young sherry bomb, I would reach for an older bottling of Aberlour A’bunadh that I have stashed away. Score: 0 (forgettable) How much does a bottle cost: $70-100 How much do I think a bottle is worth?: $60

Great smoke and ashes aftertaste. You should absolutely poor some water to your glass not to Fire you throat.

Butterscotch is all over the nose and shines through on the taste. Also getting some dates or apricots

Christmas spices, treacle, cake, dark berries, honey, vanilla, musty wood, dark chocolate, burnt toast, dense malt, caramelised oven roasted carrots/sweet potato. Adding a dash of water brings out body of sweet chocolate, toffee, plum pudding with custard. Sweet and smooth on the tip of the tongue, followed by hot spices, slight smokiness, long woody finish.

Sipped neat, no burn for me, even though the ABV is high. A nice dram.