William Grant was born in 1839, he started working in the distillery business as a bookkeeper in 1866. Grant could scarce have imagined that his own brand would become a worldwide business or that it would still be wholly owned by his family five generations later. It took Grant twenty years to acquire the expertise and funds to launch himself as an independent distiller. Grant's son-in-law became the new company's first salesman, he knocked on doors with samples. On the 181st call he secured his first sale, after a further 503 he landed the second.
William's son John introduced Grant's Whisky to the wider world by exporting it to Canada through the Hudson Bay Company. In 1909 Grant's son-in-law Charles Gordon spent a year bringing Grant's Whisky to Australia, Shanghai and the far east. After the Great War, prohibition took effect in many countries, Grant's however increased production in the belief that prohibition would not last and that there would be massive demand upon it's repeal. Today, Grant's sells over 54 million bottles each year in over 180 countries, one of the world's most enjoyed brands of fine spirit. The care and craftsmanship behind Grant's Whisky however remains unchanged, just as William Grant would have wished
