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The Real Deal

GlenfarclasSMWS 1.253

Producer: SMWS

February 16, 2026
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About This Whisky

Code

1.253

Distillery

Glenfarclas

Name

The Real Deal

Producer

SMWS

Region

Speyside

Age

8 years

ABV

63.5%

Bottler Type

Independent

Category

Scotch

Flavor Profile

Spicy & Sweet

Nose

The whisky displays natural robustness with prominent notes of canvas, dry cereals, starched linens, chalk and mineral oil. Water brings sweeter cereal tones, ozone freshness, sheep wool and savoury miso, revealing a taut, well-structured character.

Palate

It is wonderfully rich on the mouth with condensed milk, sharp green apple, muddled herbs, fennel and hessian, followed by malt extract. The initial dryness gives way to sweeter notes of toffee, vanilla pods and ginger biscuits.

Finish

The finish is marked by oily and mineral tones with green tea, flower honey and charred pineapple, demonstrating the refill cask's influence on the distillate's complexity.

Overall Notes

Lovely to try this great make from a refill cask we all agreed. The natural robustness of the distillate showed through straight away with canvass, dry cereals, starched linens, chalk and mineral oil. After that it became sweeter with toffee, vanilla pods and ginger biscuits. Water brought sweeter cereal tones, ozone freshness, sheep wool and savoury miso. The sense of a taut, well-structured distillate. The mouth was wonderfully rich with condensed milk, sharp green apple, muddled herbs, fennel and hessian. A dollop of malt extract too. Reduction brought more oily and mineral tones with green tea, flower honey and charred pineapple.