THE Glenlivet

Ever notice that there is a "The" affixed to Glenlivet on the bottle?  Ever wonder why this is the case?

Did you know that The Glenlivet is the most sold single malt scotch in the US and the 2nd most sold single malt scotch in the world? In their advertising, The Glenlivet, claim to be the scotch that started it all. 

The Glenlivet is named after the geographic region of it's production - the Glenlivet Parish, near Moray, Scotland. It is the oldest legal distillery in that area, having been in continuous operation since 1824. It did close only briefly during WWII.

But why should it be named so?

Well, in 1871, when George Smith (the distillery's owner) died and left his very successful business to his son, John Gordon Smith, other distilleries in the area tried to profit from the name and Glenlivet's high quality product.  These other distillers started naming their distilleries Glenlivet as well.  John Gordon Smith attempted legal action claiming rights to the Glenlivet name. Unfortunately, they were only partially suscessful. Other distillers could still hyphenate the Glenlivet name (presumably because the name was also a geographic entity). 

So, the name of the Glenlivet distillery became The Glenlivet, emphasizing, I suppose, their originality. 

Source: for the most part Wikipedia

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If you were around in 1919 and came upon the following poster

I mean, seriously

Wouldn't you just keep drinking?

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Mavi

Mavi
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Per a suggestion from my good friend Eneida, Pam and I tried Mavi when we were in San Juan, PR. I asked the waiter at the restaurant if they had it and unfortunately he said no, but he did confirm that it was a local drink and that I could probably find some at one of the restaurants down near the port.

Well, while we did see it elsewhere before getting back on our cruise ship, the stand in this picture is the first place we saw it. Pam didn't like it so much, so as it turned out, I drank hers and mine.

For those out of the know: Mavi is a tree bark-based beverage grown, and widely consumed, in the Caribbean. It is made with sugar and the bark and/or fruit of certain species in the Colubrina genus including Colubrina elliptica (also called behuco indio) and Colubrina arborescens, a small tree native to the northern Caribbean and south Florida. Its taste is initially sweet, somewhat like root beer, but changes to a prolonged, but not astringent bitter aftertaste.