The Glenlivet

This article is about the whisky brand. For the distillery, see The Glenlivet distillery.

The Glenlivet is a Speyside single malt Scotch whisky brand founded in 1824 by George Smith in the Glenlivet valley of Scotland. Established following the Excise Act of 1823, it was the first legally licensed whisky producer in the Livet valley, within the Speyside region, and its whisky was used in 19th-century blended Scotch. It is owned by Chivas Brothers, a subsidiary of Pernod Ricard. According to industry data from the International Wine and Spirits Record (IWSR), The Glenlivet was the world’s best-selling single malt Scotch whisky by volume in 2014.

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