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The Edrington Group Limited, [1] trading as Edrington, is a privately owned international spirits company based in Glasgow, Scotland. [2] It produces single malts such as The Macallan , Highland Park , The Glenrothes , Naked Malt, and The Famous Grouse blended Scotch whisky .
William Grant & Sons Ltd is an independent, family-owned Scottish company that distills Scotch whisky and other selected categories of spirits. It was established in 1887 [ 1 ] by William Grant , and is run by Grant's descendants as of 2018. [ 2 ]
Lothian Distillers, and hence the sites and production, is jointly owned by Diageo plc and the privately held Edrington Group. Increased sales of Scotch whisky to India, China and South America brought about production of 65,000,000 litres (14,000,000 imp gal; 17,000,000 US gal) in 2007, [ 1 ] produced for: [ 3 ]
The Macallan Distillers Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Edrington, which purchased the brand from Highland Distillers in 1999. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Macallan is generally considered to be the second or third highest-selling single-malt scotch, next to Glenfiddich and, by some accounts, Glenlivet .
In 1914 DCL claimed to be the ‘largest whisky distiller in the world and set up a subsidiary, Scottish Malt Distillers Ltd., [2] In 1919 DCL purchased the totality of John Haig & Co. and in 1925 combined with John Walker & Son and Buchanan-Dewar on a share exchange basis. [1] [2] In 1929 DCL take over White Horse Distillers Ltd.. [2]
The Famous Grouse is a brand of blended Scotch whisky produced by The Edrington Group in Scotland. It was first produced by Matthew Gloag & Son in 1896. [1] The single malt whiskies used in The Famous Grouse blend include the Edrington-owned Highland Park and The Macallan. [2] Its emblem is the red grouse, Scotland's national game bird. [1]
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Distillery Location Year closed Caledonian: Haymarket: 1988, demolished Cambus: Tullibody: 1993, converted into a whisky warehouse facility and cask filling operation