Glenfarclas 25 Year Old Gordon and MacPhail Queen's Silver Jubilee 1977

Glenfarclas is considered by many to be one of the finest distilleries in Speyside. Its direct-fired stills produce a heavy single malt that is almost exclusively matured in Jerez sherry casks. The distillery focuses on single malt over blends, and a cool microclimate around the distillery that means that their casks are particularly stingy to the "angels," resulting in an incredible depth of stock. Glenfarclas also feel they share some credit for the modern day love of cask strength whisky, introducing their acclaimed 105 proof expressions back in 1968.

Like many other distilleries in the 1960s and 1970s, Glenfarclas licensed its single malt brand to Gordon & MacPhail who produced official releases using their Grant Bonding Co subsidiary. As the single malt category began to grow in popularity, many distilleries began to reclaim control of their brands, and Glenfarclas was one of them, bottling their own whisky for the first time in 1979.

This is one of several single malts released in 1977 to commemorate the Queen's Silver Jubilee, including a Talisker and a Macallan. The Glenfarclas is one of the rarer in the selection.