The Glenlivet

The remote, isolated Livet valley was ideal for illegal distillation of whiskey and where many learned the art and craft of stilling, including the Glenlivet founder, George Smith. Glenlivet is famous as the first officially-licensed distillery in Scotland, after Smith took the brave decision to take advantage of the 1823 Excise Act. In time Glenlivet's fame had spread worldwide, particularly in America, where Glenlivet was one of the first whiskies to be imported after the end of Prohibition in 1933. The Glenlivet has now been the USA's No.1 selling whisky for many years.