Experience The Glenlivet Founder's Reserve, a smooth single malt Scotch whisky from the Speyside region. This award-winning expression delivers creamy fruit notes of oranges and pears with a hint of toffee. Enjoy it neat, with a drop of water, or in a cocktail like The Last King.
The Glenlivet Founder's Reserve is an award winning single malt scotch whisky from the Speyside region of Scotland. It captures the distinct, smooth, fruity taste that its founder first envisioned. It's a classic single malt style of whisky but with an innovative, fresh taste. It starts with a skilful selection of casks that enhances the signature fruity flavours of The Glenlivet. The traditional oak casks are complemented by the selective use of American first-fill casks to give a hint of creamy sweetness - creating an exceptionally well-balanced and smooth malt.
Winner of the 2019 International Wine & Spirits Competition (IWSC) Gold award.
George Smith, The Glenlivet's founder, didn't follow the lead of the illegal still owners. In 1824, he obtained a distiller's licence to become the first legal distiller in Glenlivet, Scotland. 50 years later, George finally won the exclusive right to call his whisky 'THE Glenlivet', definitively marking it as the single malt that started it all. To this day, The Glenlivet remains the benchmark that all other Speyside single malts are measured against.
Tasting Notes: Colour: Pale gold. Nose: Delicate aromas of citrus fruit, notably sweet orange. Taste: Sweet, fruit notes of zesty oranges and pears, with a hint of candy and toffee apples. Finish: Long, creamy and smooth.
Serving Suggestion: Drink to your own preference; straight up, in a cocktail, or simply with a drop of water to open the creamy, smooth character. When serving with ice, large cubes are recommended to allow slow dilution releasing the creamy, sweet characters.
Cocktail Recipe - 'The Last King': Ingredients: 50ml The Glenlivet Founder's Reserve, 25ml Spiced-roasted Pineapple Syrup, 20ml Freshly Squeezed Lemon Juice. How to mix: Shake all ingredients with cubed ice, and strain over hand-cracked ice into a rocks glass. Garnish with a wedge of fresh pineapple.
Alcohol by volume: 40%. Alcoholic content: 28 units.
Country of origin: Scotland. Packed in: Scotland. Packaging: Box. Packaging May Vary.
Manufacturer: The Glenlivet Distillery, Ballindalloch, Banffshire, AB37 9DB.
