George Smith, the founder of Glenlivet became the first person in Scotland to apply for and receive a license to legally produce spirit as per Excise Act in 1823
The quality of the product from their distillery had resulted in the other distilleries in the area renaming their products to “Glenlivet”, after series of legal disputes, permission was given to other distilleries to hyphenate their distillery name with the “Glenlivet” name, which resulted in new distillery names such as The Glen Moray-Glenlivet Distillery
In 1953, Glenlivet merges with Glen Grant but later sold to Italy’s Gruppo Campari for 115m in 2006
The distillery runs its own community, The Glenlivet Guardians. Membership includes access to a club room in the distillery and chances to assist in special bottlings
Biggest selling single malt whisky in USA, 2nd biggest selling single malt brand globally, 4th best selling in UK with 7% market share
Region: Speyside
Area: Moray
Current Owner: Chivas Brothers Ltd (Pernod Ricard)
Founded : 1774
Founder : George Smith
No. of wash stills: 7
No. of spirit stills: 7
Capacity (litres): 10,500,000.00
Website: www.theglenlivet.com
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