Introduction

This afternoon, I am posting information on Glenlivet Distillery which is located at Ballindalloch, Banffshire. This is about 50 miles S.E. of Inverness in the Speyside region of Scotland.

Glenlivet Distillery, Speyside, Scotland

Information on Glenlivet Distillery

Distilling here has a long history, dating back to 1774, Distilling on the site commenced 1859 when a new distillery was constructed by the Smith family, Sole right to use the name ‘The Glenlivet’ was awarded to John Gordon Smith in 1880 .

Glenlivet is now part of the France domiciled, Pernod Ricard group through Chivas Brothers.

With capacity at about 21.0m litres p.a.and over 16M bottle sales p.a. Glenlivet is vying with Glenfiddich for position as number 1 in terms of global sales of singe malt Scotch Whisky.

Glenlivet uses fourteen pairs of stills, sixteen wooden washbacks and sixteen washbacks made of stainless steel.

Glenlivet’s core range of single malts comprises:

• Founders Reserve
• Captain’s Reserve.
• Caribbean Reserve
• 12 year old Double Oak.
• 15 year old French Oak Reserve
• 18 year old.

This distillery is popular with visitors and rolling tours (with tastings) are provided throughout the day.

Stills at Glenlivet Distillery

Tour Group

Whisky Tasting

Glenlivet Single Malt

More Information

For more information on distilleries and many other aspects of Scotland please refer to the Visitors’ Guide to Scotland, ISBN 978-1-9161332-0-4. This book is also available via Kindle.