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Glen Grant
Founded
1840
Region
Speyside
Status
Operational
Company
Production type
Single Malt
Production capacity
6,200,000 litres per year
Glen Grant is one of the world's best-known Speyside malt distilleries, opened in 1840 by brothers John and James Grant, and was a huge facility for its time. Its size only increased exponentially over time, first in the hands of John's son, John "The Major" Grant (who also built the short-lived Caperdonich next-door), and twice expanded in the 1970s following the merger with The Glenlivet Distillers and its subsequent takeover by Seagram Company.
When Seagram was dissolved in the early 2000s, the distillery was briefly owned by Pernod Ricard before being sold to its current owner, the Campari Group, in 2006.
The Glen Grant single malt brand is one of the longest-running in Scotch whisky, first appearing around the 1950s. In these days, the distillery licensed its brand to a variety of bottlers who marketed a variety of expression with the official label. Among these were William Cadenhead, Justerini & Brooks, Robert Watson, and Campbell, Hope & King. Among the mot significant were the Moray Bonding Company who bottled Glen Grant in the 1950s and 60s before merging with the distillery's parent company, and Gordon & MacPhail who continue to use the original and now classic branding today as part of its independent Distillery Labels series.
The distillery began bottling its own whisky in the late 1960s, marketing a range of age statements that over the years included 8-, 10-, 12- and 25-year-olds. Undoubtedly its most successful however, was the 5-year-old that were specially requested by Armando Giovinetti and heavily imported to Italy where it was the country's best-selling single malt for many years.
With a somewhat turbulent entry into the 21st century that saw three ownership changes in 6 years, the brand was reduced to a range of just three expressions and was still using the same label design as it had fifty years prior. Campari Group was quick to remedy this when it acquired it in 2006, relaunching a non-age statement, 5- and 10-year-old with a new packaging. A second redesign then took place in 2016 and it still used to market Glen Grant today. Its current core range consists of a non-age statement called Arboralis and five age statement releases ranging from 10- to 21-year-old.
2006-present
2001-2006
1977-2001
1970-1977
1952-1970
Glen Grant Distillery
Elgin
Rothes
Aberlour
AB38 7BS
Scotland
Active brands
Single Malt
