The Glenlivet distillery
| Region: Speyside | |
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| Location | Ballindalloch, Moray, Scotland |
| Coordinates | 57°20′35″N 03°20′19.3″W / 57.34306°N 3.338694°W |
| Owner | Chivas Brothers (Pernod Ricard) |
| Founded | 1824 |
| Founder | George Smith and John Gordon Smith |
| Status | Operational |
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| No. of stills | 14 copper pot stills (7 wash @ 15,000 L and 7 spirit @ 10,000 L) |
| Capacity | 10.5 million-Lpa (liters of pure alcohol) |
| Website | www |
| The Glenlivet | |
| Age(s) | 12, 15, 18, 21, 25 and 50 years |
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| ABV | 40% |
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The Glenlivet distillery is a Speyside single malt Scotch whisky distillery near Ballindalloch in Moray, Scotland, that produces single malt Scotch whisky. It is the oldest legal distillery in the Highlands of Scotland. 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. The Glenlivet brand is the biggest selling single malt whisky in the United States and the second biggest selling single malt brand globally after Glenfiddich.
Today, the distillery is owned by the Chivas Brothers subsidiary of the French alcoholic beverages company Pernod Ricard, which also oversees 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.