Distilleries / Scotland
The Glenlivet
Scotland / Speyside · Founded 1824
A Speyside icon that was among the first to take out a legal distilling licence. Its floral, fruity style is seen as a benchmark.
History & character
In the Glenlivet valley in Speyside. After the Excise Act of 1823 allowed licensed distilling, George Smith became the first person in Scotland to apply for and receive a licence, founding the distillery in 1824 — regarded as the first legal distillery in the Highlands.
It kept running through the Great Depression and closed only during the Second World War by government order. Since 2000 it has been owned by Chivas Brothers, part of Pernod Ricard.
Expanded significantly after 2008, it is the best-selling single malt in the United States.
Whiskies from this distillery
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
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