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Distillery |
THE GLENLIVET DISTILLERY PROFILE |
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The Glenlivet Established In 1824. Present Distillery Being Built In 1858. The First Licensed Distillery Under The Excise Act 1823. This Is The Only Whisky That Can Call Itself 'The Glenlivet'. = |
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Water Source Josie's Well. George Smith (of George & JG Smith) Was The First Distiller In The Glen to Produce Legal Whisky On A Large Scale. |
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The Fame of The Glen Livet Valley Had Already Widely Spread At The Time of The Visit of King George IV to Edinburgh; Some People Claim He Actually Asked For It By Name. More And More Distilleries |
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In The Area Added 'Glenlivet' to Their Own Name. A Joke From Those Days Was That The Name 'Glenlivet' Meant 'The long Valley' - Because So Many Distilleries Were Located There. Until 1984. |
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Many Distillers Still Put 'Glenlivet' Behind Their Name On Their Labels. After A Many Legal Battles In Court, Only The Glenlivet Distillery Is Allowed to Use The Name The Glenlivet. |
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Even After The Court's Decision Some Other Distilleries And Bottlers Bravely Continued to Use The Name 'Glenlivet' On Their Labels. 1824 Founded By George Smith, 1858 Present Distillery Built, |
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1880 Legal Right to Name of "The Glenlivet" Granted, 1953 Merger With Glen Grant (The Glenlivet And Glen Grant Distilleries Ltd) 1977 Seagram of Canada, 2001Pernod Ricard > Chivas Brothers.16.03.2009 |
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