The Glenlivet Distillery

Glenlivet, Speyside, Scotland · established 1824

Owner

Chivas Brothers (Pernod Ricard)

Stills

Large lantern-shaped stills

Water

Josie's Well

House style

Floral, pineapple, orchard fruit

Peat

0 PPM — Unpeated

The story

George Smith took one of the first licences after the 1823 Excise Act — and reportedly carried pistols to fend off angry smugglers who saw him as a traitor.

Tours

• Distillery tour — Includes the smuggling history of the glen

Around The Glenlivet

• Tomintoul (Village) — One of the highest villages in the Highlands
• Cairngorms National Park (Scenery) — Right on the doorstep

Official site: theglenlivet.com