The Glenlivet distillery

The Glenlivet Distillery

The Glenlivet Distillery
Region: Speyside
Location	Moray
Owner	Pernod Ricard
Founded	1824
Status	Operational
Water source	Josie's Well (yielding 3,500-gallons of pure cold water per hour), which is supplemented by the Blairfindy Well.
No. of stills	14 copper pot stills (7 Wash @ 15,000-L, 7 Spirit @ 10,000-L)
Capacity	10,500,000-Lpa (liters of pure alcohol)
The Glenlivet
Age(s)	12-year-old 15-year-old 16-year-old-Nàdurra 18-year-old 21-year-old 25-year-old
Cask type(s)	Bourbon French Oak

The Glenlivet distillery is a distillery near Ballindalloch in Moray, Scotland that produces single malt Scotch whisky. It is the oldest legal distillery in the parish of Glenlivet, and the production place of the Scottish whisky of the same name. It is described in packaging and advertising as "The single malt that started it all". It was founded in 1824 and has operated almost continuously since. The distillery remained open throughout the Great Depression and its only closure came during World War II. The Glenlivet distillery has grown in the post-war period to become one of the biggest single malt distilleries in order to keep up with global demand; The Glenlivet brand is the biggest selling single malt whisky in the United States and the second biggest selling single malt brand globally.

Today, the distillery is owned by the French alcoholic beverages company Pernod Ricard and they oversee the distillery's production of 5,900,000 proof litres per annum. The majority of this – enough for 6 million bottles – is sold as The Glenlivet single malt, with the remainder being used in Pernod Ricard's blended whisky brands.

The distillery draws water from Josie's Well and other springs a short distance from the distillery. The malt comes from Crisp Maltings, Portgordon. Glenlivet's stills are lantern shaped with long, narrow necks, all of which helps to produce a light tasting spirit.

The distillery has 4 wash stills each with a capacity of 15,000 litres and 4 spirit stills with a capacity of 10,000 litres. The spirit is then matured in oak casks.

Glenlivet is categorised as a Speyside distillery. As of 2016, The Glenlivet range consists of 13 whiskies.