Today the Spirit is Frozen
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The Glen of Livet is peaceful and tranquil - the Spring of Chapeltown Glenlivet flows as ever - into the sealed ice trays at Scotch Rocks.
The Chapeltown Spring is now the source of the Perfect Ice Cube.....
......Water Frozen in Time
YOU TASTE THE DRINK
NOT THE ICE
History of the Spirit
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Glenlivet was the center of the illicit distilling trade 200 years ago. The Glens of Livet were thick with the heady perfume of hundreds of peat fired stills.
The smugglers with their sturdy ponies carried the illicit spirit, known as 'Spike', past the Scotch Rocks' Spring and over the Ladder Hills. Often the hills and glens rang with the sounds of battles against the hatred 'GAUGERS' - the excise men.
The aristocrats, wealthy merchants and even royalty in the south awaited the illegal cargoes of unsurpassed spirit to reach them.
Purity in Spirit
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The blessed waters of Scotch Rocks' Chapeltown Glenlivet Spring run deep in the spirit of the Highlands.
The passions of the Highlands run with the waters of Chapeltown Glenlivet Spring from the holy water at the ancient Scalan seminary to the mash for making the world's greatest malt whiskies.
Photos kindly supplied by Crown Estate, Glenlivet