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Glenfarclas 12 Year Old Highland Single Malt (750mL) Elijah Craig and a smokiness that proceedReview by FWL contributing editor Uncle Knucklead For true Scotch whisky lovers, the Glenfarclas is a gold standard, little known because of its rarity as being one of the few distilleries that? s privately owned by a Scottish family, the Grants, for six generations. The distinction of this rich and mouth filling dram is its adherence to traditional maturation for the Speyside area: 100% ex Oloroso sherry barrels. They are only one of a small handful