2001 Glenfarclas The Family Casks Cask Strength Single Malt Scotch Whisky (700ml)

New Family Cask bottlings arrive at remarkable direct import prices.

Angus from whiskyfun.com tasted the sister cask (No.3352) describing it as "excellent / 88 points". This should be very close indeed. Distilled in 2001, cask 3353 is a Summer 2018 release from a refill Sherry butt yielding 533 bottles at 58.3% Alc./Vol.

The Family Casks Collection has become a minor phenomenon that magnetises buyers from the very finest bars and whisky shops around the globe. Commencing in 2007 as 43 single casks spanning five decades, George Grant speaks candidly about the collection that came about after a high profile rival (Macallan) released a similar range circa 2005, boasting only they had the inventory to pull it off. With six generations of family pride at stake, Grant launched his own liquid genealogy. An exercise in one-upmanship became an ongoing concern after a single bar in Japan purchased 178 bottles. 380 bottlings later, more than one collector has followed suit securing complete sets. Grant remains emphatic that these are for people who buy and drink whisky but concedes, “Whisky is now deemed as a safe investment. Look at the past 10 years and it outstrips everything – property, oil, you name it.”