The Glenlivet 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky – Pre 2004 | 700ML

Whiskey: The Glenlivet 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky – Pre 2004 | 700ML

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Size: 700ML

Proof: 80 (40%ABV)

Origin: Scotland

Distillery: The Glenlivet

This rather fetching bottle of The Glenlivet 12 Year Old dates to before 2004, and it certainly has a more old-school feel about it than the bottles you see today. A fun find for a retro bottle collection or whisky tasting.

The Glenlivet 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky – Pre 2004 | 700ML Tasting Notes

Nose: Great elegance and charm on the nose.

Palate: The palate is very powerful and complex. Smooth texture.

Finish: Elegant long-lasting aftertaste.

Distillery Information

The Glenlivet rather grandly styles itself as the single malt that started it all but theres more than a grain of truth to its claim. In the early 18th and 19th century most Highland malt whisky was distilled illegally. Despite its shady beginnings, Glenlivet had a reputation that reached as far as London. Indeed when George IV visited the region in 1822, he wanted to try the fabled Glenlivet and was given something that was described as whisky long in wood, long in uncorked bottles, mild as milk, and the true contraband gout in it. The man behind that famed dram was George Smith, a tenant farmer on land belonging to Alexander Gordon, Duke of Gordon. The Duke, not surprisingly, was a great advocate for reforming the draconian legislation around distilling so that he could commercialise it. 1823 saw the passing of the Excise Act which liberalised distilling but also provided more resources and power to excise officers. One of the first people to take advantage of the new laws was George Smith who built a new distillery at Glenlivet in the Highlands on what was once a farm distillery called Upper Drummin.