Located on the river Livet, the most famous speyside malt was licensed in 1824. The Glenlivet was founded by George Smith, a farmer by day and an illicit distiller by night. George’s entire life was spent fighting for the rights of distillers, his neighbours knew that he would ruin them with his attitude of conforming with the government which he did in 1834 by licensing his operation and by 1834 he was the only distiller left in the glen. The operators w
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ere experts in marketing making the Glenlivet the most widely recognized name in Scotch whisky. In 1953 Glenlivet merged the glen grant distillery.
