Glenlivet receives permission to bring back old still

[kevpriest]

Story here.

It sounds to some extent like a tourist attraction, but it may also produce some interesting whisky to try in another 12 - 24 years.

A leading distillery has been given special permission from HM Revenue and Customs to recreate a still which, 200 years ago, was used to make contraband whisky.

The Glenlivet spirit, a Speyside malt, was renowned throughout Scotland and England. Such was its quality and reputation that during a visit to Scotland in 1822 King George IV requested a dram and is reported to have said he would drink nothing else from then on.

Now The Glenlivet distillery in Ballindalloch, Banffshire, has been given special dispensation by the "excisemen" to bring the original taste back to life. The Glenlivet, which is the top malt in the US and number two in Scotland, yesterday tried to turn back the clock two centuries by using a specially designed "small still" to produce the legendary whisky.
Since the current legislation restricts the minimum size of a still to 40 gallons, the Glenlivet Distillery had to seek permission to use "the sma' still" which has a capacity of only 12 gallons.

Yesterday's event marked the start of a new phase in recreating the Glenlivet's smuggling heritage, with a preview of the smugglers' trails – a series of walks due to open on the Glenlivet estate, following the whisky smugglers' routes of days gone by.

Edited to fix double-quote (thanks AVB)

 

[AVB]

Interesting. I'm afraid to see what those bottles will cost.


Your quote has the same thing posted twice if you want to fix it.

 

[mitchshrader]

First schematic with tech specs anybody finds..I'd not mind a bit to have it.

For novelty purposes only, of course.