A gently flowing river valley. It refers to the valley of Speyside where the River Rivet flows, and the official brand description also uses this meaning.
In 1822, King George IV visited Scotland and searched for the illegal Glenlivet whisky. Two years later, when George Smith received his legal license, the local smugglers threatened him, calling him a traitor. From then on, he always carried two pistols.
George's Well's mineral water is mixed with malt to create sweet wort. Although the water itself does not produce the pineapple flavor, it provides the basis for fermentation and distillation to begin.
When yeast is added to wort, sugar is converted to alcohol. The aromatic ingredients created at this time set the tone for the Glenlivet, reminiscent of flowers and ripe fruit.
The top of the body of the copper single still bulges like a lamp. Some of the heavier vapor that was rising cools on this large surface and returns, while the lighter vapor heads upward.
The cooled ingredients that cannot rise to the neck are returned to the still. As this reflux is repeated, the proportion of refreshing fruity scents increases rather than harsh, weighty compounds.
Not all of the twice-distilled liquid is aged. Pick a clean, fragrant heart in the middle and get a light and sweet new make without peat smoke.
Over the course of 12 years, it is sequentially influenced by European and American oak. The sweetness of vanilla and toffee and soft texture are added to the freshness of fruit.
Based on Glenlivet 12 Year Old.
The focus is on bright, sweet fruit scents such as pineapple, peach, and pear. The floral and vanilla axes are also greatly extended, but there is very little peat smoke.
The oak quietly emerges towards vanilla and toffee rather than the astringency of the wood. The overall texture is light and soft, making it a good fit for beginners who find peat or dark oak burdensome.
This value is not a public composition table, but rather the sensory impression of the reference bottling transferred to the same six axes.
George Smith learned distilling in the Livet valley, where moonshine was plentiful. When the law changed in 1824, he received a license and established the first legal distillery in Glenlivet Parish. There is also a story in the brand's history that because of this choice, it was threatened by nearby bootleggers.
As the name of Glenlivet became famous, several distilleries added Glenlivet to their product names. George's son, John Gordon Smith, came forward to protect the name, and from 1884, The Glenlivet, with the definite article The, was used as its own brand name.
Today's 12 Year Old uses a combination of European and American oak. However, the oak scent is not the main character. Based on a light spirit obtained from a lantern-type still, it is aged so that fruit such as pineapple and pear, vanilla and flower aromas remain at the forefront.
The official English description translates Glenlivet as ‘the valley of the smooth-flowing one’, where ‘flowing’ refers to the River Rivet. On this page, it has been moved to ‘a valley of a calmly flowing river’ so that the meaning can be conveyed immediately. Glen is obviously a valley in Gaelic, but the older form of Livet and the exact process of joining have several interpretations, so the latter part is not assumed to be a definite morpheme.