Glenfarclas distillery Glenfarclas distillery Glenfarclas distillery is a Speyside whisky distillery in Ballindalloch, Scotland. "Glenfarclas" translates as meaning "valley of the green grass". The distillery is owned and run by the Grant family. The distillery has six stills which are the largest on Speyside and are heated directly by gas burners. The distillery has a production capacity of around 3.5 million litres of spirit per year. Normally four stills are used for production with two kept in reserve. The distillery has approximately 68,000 casks maturing on site, in traditional dunnage warehouses, with stock from every year from 1953 to the current year.
Aberdeen and NE Scotland Music Festival Aberdeen and NE Scotland Music Festival The Aberdeen and NE Scotland Music festival is a week-long annual traditional music festival in Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. The festival was created 1n 1909 by Professor Stanford Terry, to encourage music making and performance in the north east of Scotland. It was attended that year by well-known composer Sir Edward Elgar. The motto of the festival, "Not to gain a prize or defeat a rival but to pace one another on the road to excellence" continues to be relevant today. The festival is entirely run by volunteers and relies on entry fees, legacies and