Glenlivet 12 Years Old

Brand/Distillery 177) : Glenlivet
Age : 12 Years Old
ABV : 40%
Region : Speyside
Retail Price inc VAT : £ 25.99
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Glenlivet Distillery Notes :

The Glenlivet distillery roots can be traced back to 1815, it is a well known
fact that illicit distilling was going on long before then. In 1817 George Smith
leased some land at Upper Drumin Farm, he continued illicit distilling to
supplement his crofters wage. During 1823 an Excise Act was pushed
through by Duke of Gordon - Smith's landlord - to stop illicit distilling.
Gordon then persuaded Smith to take out the first licence and he also help set
up the distillery at Drumin. The demand for Glenlivet steadily increased
resulting in the distillery being rebuilt twice. Today the distillery stands at
Minmore, where Rivers Livet and Avon meet.
Due to the success of Glenlivet a number of distilleries in the region
appended the name Glenlivet to their own. In 1880 J.G. Smith took legal
action and the court ruled that there was only one "The Glenlivet".

"The Glenlivet knows no superior, if any in its own country."
(Prof. George Saintsbury, 1920)