Grant’s Sherry Cask Reserve

William Grant was born in Dufftown during December 1839. He was employed as book-keeper and later manager of Mortlach, the town’s only distillery at that time. However, William Grant was keen to create his own distillery, and with second-hand equipment from Cardow (now Cardhu) distillery and the help of five of his sons, the family virtually built the distillery from start to finish. The final bill for constructing Glenfiddich, including all equipment and labour, came to the very modest sum of just over £700. The first spirit flowed on Christmas Day 1887. Five years later a second distillery, named Balvenie, was built alongside Glenfiddich, and in 1898 William Grant began to blend whiskies, establishing a Glasgow branch office and blending operation in 1903.

William Grant & Sons is the biggest independent whisky company in Scotland, with the third-largest malt distilling capacity in the industry. It operates four malt distilleries, namely Balvenie, Glenfiddich, Kininvie and Ailsa Bay, as well as Girvan grain distillery, on the same Ayrshire site as Ailsa Bay where there are also major maturation and blending facilities. Bottling takes place at Grant’s Strathclyde Business Park facility near Glasgow, where office functions are located, while a London office is situated at Richmond.

Although whisky is at the heart of the firm’s operations, through Balvenie and Glenfiddich single malts and the Family Reserve blends, Grant’s has diversified significantly over the years. Within the Girvan complex is the Hendrick’s gin distillery.

Cask Type: Sherry

40% ABV / 70cl

Please note minor creasing and denting to box.

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