The Glenfarclas distillery is a Speyside whisky distillery in Ballindalloch, Scotland. Glenfarclas translates as meaning "valley of the green grass". The distillery is independently owned and run by J. & G. Grant family, now to the sixth generation descendants. The Glenfarclas whisky distillery draws its water from pure springs on the rugged Ben Rinnes mountain range, which looms omnipresent in the distant reaches. The distillery sits in the moors of Banffshire, just a mile from the River Spey. Glenfarclas has always been, and it seems will remain to be, one of Scotland's only family run distilleries. The distillery has six stills which are the largest on Speyside and are heated directly by gas burners. It has approximately 68,000 casks maturing on site, in traditional dunnage warehouses, with stock from every year from 1953. Glenfarclas produce a traditional Highland malt with a heavy sherry influence. Prized by connoisseurs, the single malt whiskies of Glenfarclas are matured almost solely in sherry butts and are aged in the substantial onsite warehousing facilities.