The remote and isolated Livet valley made it ideal for illicit distillation. This is where our founder George Smith learned his craft to produce Glenlivet Whiskey. Hidden away from the Customs Officers and soldiers amongst the hills and abundant springs, George had time to distil slowly making a whisky that would soon become world renowned. In August 1822, King George IV arrived in Scotland for a state visit and asked to try a drop of the infamous Glenlivet whisky. An illegal dram it was, but even that didn’t stop the King.
