Qualla: The Glenlivet Distillery https://qualla.com/the-glenlivet-distillery en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:25 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: The Glenlivet Distillery https://qualla.com/the-glenlivet-distillery The Glenlivet Distillery: Introduction https://qualla.com/the-glenlivet-distillery/ George Smith needed a gun. Actually, he needed two. When Smith became the first person in Scotland to apply for a license to legally distill whisky under the 1823 Excise Act, every other distiller in the glen was operating illegally and hoping the new law would be repealed. Smith's decision to go legitimate was seen as a betrayal -- if one man accepted the license, the government would have proof the system worked, and the smugglers' case for repeal would collapse. Threats were made. Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon, provided Smith with a pair of pistols. Smith kept them close. The distillery he built near Ballindalloch in Moray in 1824 became The Glenlivet -- today the second-best-selling single malt whisky in the world.

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/j/w/the-glenlivet-distillery-wp/gfjw-the-glenlivet-distillery-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full The Glenlivet Distillery: Licensed to Distill https://qualla.com/the-glenlivet-distillery/ The 1823 Excise Act transformed the whisky industry by making it economically viable to hold a legal license. Before the Act, punitive taxation had driven distilling underground across the Highlands, creating an industry of small illicit stills hidden in glens and bothies. The Du...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/j/w/the-glenlivet-distillery-wp/gfjw-the-glenlivet-distillery-licensed-to-distill.mp3 0:06 2 full The Glenlivet Distillery: A Name Everyone Wanted https://qualla.com/the-glenlivet-distillery/ Smith established a second distillery in 1849, the Cairngorm-Delnabo Distillery, but by 1855 both operations were running at full capacity and still could not meet demand. The name 'Glenlivet' had become so synonymous with quality that other distillers began appending it to their...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/j/w/the-glenlivet-distillery-wp/gfjw-the-glenlivet-distillery-a-name-everyone-wanted.mp3 0:06 3 full The Glenlivet Distillery: Six Million Bottles a Year https://qualla.com/the-glenlivet-distillery/ The Glenlivet survived the Great Depression without closing. Its only shutdown came during World War II. The post-war decades saw dramatic expansion: new stills, new washbacks, a mash tun installation in 2008 that cost fifteen million dollars, and a further expansion opened by th...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/j/w/the-glenlivet-distillery-wp/gfjw-the-glenlivet-distillery-six-million-bottles-a-year.mp3 0:06 4 full The Glenlivet Distillery: Barley Seeds in Orbit https://qualla.com/the-glenlivet-distillery/ In May 2021, barley seeds from The Glenlivet were sent to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX rocket to test the effects of microgravity on germination. The seeds were to be returned, planted, harvested, and distilled into a single malt that had, in some molecular sen...

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