Glenlivet is the best known of all the Scotch single malts. Its founder, George Smith, with encouragement of the Duke of Gordon, was the first to apply for a legal distilling license in 1824. George Smith was going against popular sentiment in doing so, but his foresight to see the economic opportunities of legal distilling would give Glenlivet a "head start" on all the competition. It would be his "true grit" and a pair of hair-trigger pistols given to him by the laird of Aberlour that would ensure his perserverance.
Bulletin board from the coach
Feb. 7th, 2009 - old news
ODE to the G-knee
He was more like a beauty queen from the bloodbowl scene I said dont mind, but what do you mean you always roll one's Who will throw dice on the floor every round He said I am the one who will throw dice on the floor every round
2nd verse He told me his name was Kelly G, as he caused a scene Then every head turned with laughter at rolling another one Who will throw dice on the floor every round
Bridge People always told me be careful of what you do And dont go around breaking young girls teams And Bouf always told me be careful of the player you love And be careful of what you do cause the living become the dead
Chorus Kelly G is not my lover Hes just a girl who claims that he always rolls ones But the game is just for fun he says he always rolls one's, but the game is just for fun....
- Sparticus
Feb. 6th, 2009 - old news
Tricky Customer
Monica Grant started work at The Glenlivet Distillery in 1949 and stayed nearly 40 years, becoming office manager along the way.
Her home was near Tomintoul, some 10 miles away, and between April and October she would cycle to work through the stunning landscape. In winter, when the roads were often impassable, she had temporary lodgings near the distillery.
One day, not long after she joined the distillery, the door of the small office was flung open and a man appeared, brandishing a pistol. The intruder was in his early 50s, military looking, though somewhat scruffy. He was dressed in plus fours and a ragged jersey, his florid face rigidly perched above a grubby neck collar.
Monica, who was alone in the office, jumped up in alarm. In a loud voice, the man announced that he had come to collect his whisky, waving the pistol above his head as he spoke.
At that moment one of the distillery workers arrived and recognised the visitor as a regular customer, albeit a highly eccentric one. A copy of his letter ordering a hogshead of the “new stuff” was produced. This, the man had written, would “eliminate any doubts of my being short this side of the Styx.”
Complaining about post-war restrictions in Britain, his bizarre letter continued: “Were I but young again, you’d not see my arse for boulders & I would hie me to the Belgian Congo where my happy days were spent & where my [African] pals are not rationed.”
It was one Glenlivet customer that Monica would never forget.
- Sparticus
Nov. 17th, 2008 - old news
Sparticus signs record coaching contract
The Glenlivet is perhaps the best known of all the Scotch single malts. Its founder, George Smith, with the encouragement of the Duke of Gordon, was the first to apply for a legal distilling license in 1824. George Smith was going against popular sentiment at the time in doing so, but his foresight to see the economic opportunities of legal distilling would give The Glenlivet a "head start" on all the competition that is yet to be overcome. It would be his "true grit" and a pair of hair-trigger pistols given to him by the laird of Aberlour that would ensure his perserverance.
