[September, 2018] The winter 2017 release of the Family Casks was a very big one with all the vintages from 1977 onward present - so it is impossible to taste them all but this 1991 has to be tested, certainly...

...and it is extremely spoiled with sulphurous notes. Up to now I thought Glenfarclas does not release heavily sulphured whiskies at all but I have to correct my assumptions, unfortunately. Even this highly regarded and well-managed distillery produces drams for the devil these days... Please rethink your release policy, dear George and (at least) mark your sulphurous bottlings so that all allergic to the "smell of hell" can shy away from them - PLEASE!

17 Oct. 2019
I took the bottle over from hs305 after his dislike and 13 months after my first assessment, I have the last dram out of the this bottle. The 666 perfume went away almost completely, I'd call this at maximum slightly meaty with some tobacco now.... Some nailpolish and a slightly pleasantly sour (seville oranges, as in juice of and mixed with Kikoman (not Kilchoman) soy sauce) and pleasant sherry notes hit the nose, dark cherries, lots of them, with some hazelnut as well and some dark chocholate/cocoa powder with Carmac (carmel bar from childhood). Old school somehow with some olde english club leather arm chair and newspaper smell ...;-) This gets repeated on the palate with a warming lingering finish. Do you hear the old clock ticktocktickin'? I do, actually.
With this final experience I up my score from 82 to 89, thus by 7 points. With this one, either you like 666 and drink it straight away, or air and time will help, the more empty the bottle gets. Ha, time is a healer...;-) but it is certainly not 90(+) for me.

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Part of a 15 dram GF challenge my very good friend set up for me, I can relate somewhat to HS305 comments about the "666 perfume" but seem to get the sample out of a much more aired bottle, so the smothering effects have vanished somewhat.

Still my score is hurt by this fact by about 4 to 5 points.

I like it quite ok, very powerful undiluted, but for its age, it could be a bit more settled and less attacking. But anyway, give it a try when you got the chance!

Tasted with 3 drops of water.
The nose is far from expressive, really closed at first but if you sat with it the tell tale smell of burnt matches emerge and not much else to be honest.
There is some red berry and dark sponge cake with a little sherry but it there is a little sulphur which knocks the points but depending on your view of sulphur some may like this, for me it is a negative but the spirit is not ruined and it is drinkable and with time in the glass it does improvev.

For a Family Casks release this one is rather disappointing, too sulphurous. It was in the Blind Tasting Competition and I guessed it to be a Deanston.