We take care to make sure product details are correct but the information shown, including vegan and vegetarian suitability, ingredients, and alcohol by volume (ABV) may change. for a 750ml bottle and goes up to thousands of dollars for a bottle of the prestigious Glenlivet The Winchester Collection 50 Year.

There were further problems when the original distillery burned down in 1858, something of a perennial problem in the whisky business. In just two years after the act, the number of licensed distilleries doubled and legal whisky production rose from two million to six million gallons a year. Cocktail recipes: Smooth and fruity, a pineapple-based cocktail is a great way to complement The Glenlivet’s unique notes.

However, if you find neat whiskey too strong, try adding a few droplets of filtered water or enjoy it on the rocks. The Glenlivet rather grandly styles itself as “the single malt that started it all” but there’s more than a grain of truth to its claim. saw the passing of the Excise Act which liberalised distilling but also provided more resources and power to excise officers. Which is why the original is known grandly as THE Glenlivet to differentiate itself from all those hyphenated Glenlivets.

The distillery uses unpeated malt and according to former master distiller Alan Winchester still carries the DNA of George Smith’s mid 19th century Glenlivet. Your information may be used by Chivas Brothers International Limited and made available through us to any other entities of the Pernod Ricard Group. Either way, this long-standing brand can be traced back through centuries and is one of the few distilleries that has remained relatively open throughout that entire time period. Choose cocktails that bring out some of the spirit’s unique notes, like creamy toffee, bitter, zesty orange peel and gentle cinnamon spice. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.The statistics tell the story: 14000 illicit distilling activities were uncovered in 1823, but by 1834 it was down to 692. Indeed when George IV visited the region in 1822, he wanted to try the fabled Glenlivet and was given something that was described as “whisky long in wood, long in uncorked bottles, mild as milk, and the true contraband gout in it. But behind the mass market consumer success lies a distillery with a colourful story and a fine tradition for more exclusive malt whiskies.