
Glenlivet 8 Year Old Whisky 1st Fill Barrel Single Cask #96670 55.5%
£83.94 (Incl. VAT)
£83.94 (Incl. VAT)
A single cask Glenlivet 8 year old released by Chivas Brothers for The Distillery Reserve Collection. This collection is an exceptional range of single malts that are rare, limited edition and all bottled at natural cask strength. After being distilled on the 19th of September 2011 and matured in a single first fill barrel #96670 this single malt was bottled on the 10th of March 2020 at 55.5% abv. A great single cask whisky for both drinking and collecting alike.


Glenlivet 8 Year Old 1st Fill Barrel Single Cask #96670 55.5%
Official Tasting Notes

The Speyside Glenlivet distillery is situated near Ballindalloch in Morayshire. It has a long history and was one of the first distilleries to be licensed. The founder, George Smith who bought Minmore farm in 1858 used the distilling equipment from his previous ventures to build The Glenlivet distillery. Whisky from his first distillery at Upper Drumin had already been marketed as Glenlivet and word had spread just how good this single malt was. In the early days the whisky produced was fruity and light unlike the common heavy style of the time. Its reputation had reached well beyond Scotland and even Charles Dickens had written to his friends of its quality.
Glenlivet is now owned by Chivas Brothers {Pernod Ricard} Recent expansion has given the distillery a huge capacity at 21 million litres making it one of the biggest in Scotland.
As you would expect there are a wide variety of releases. The Founder’s Reserve, Captain’s Reserve, Caribbean Reserve, 12, 15 and French oak Reserve, plus the 18 year are all part of the core range.

Reviewed by
The Whiskritic