William Grant & Sons

In 2005, William Grant & Sons established a distillery in Borgarnes, Iceland to make vodka. The brand was named Reyka.

In October 2005, the company bought Raynal & Cie and acquired the brandy brands Three Barrels and The Raynal.

In 2009, Ailsa Bay distillery was built to meet needs for malt whisky for blended whiskies.

In May 2010 the group bought four brands from C&C Group, including Tullamore D.E.W., for €300m. In September they sold the three minor brands (Irish Mist, Carolans, Frangelico) to Gruppo Campari for €129m, so in effect, Grants paid €171m for the Tullamore D.E.W. brand and its production facilities.

In July 2014 Grant's donated "in the region of £100,000" to the unionist campaign group Better Together, with the company being "said to have also donated smaller sums of money to other groups who are campaigning for a 'No' vote," ahead of the Scottish independence referendum.

In September 2014, William Grant & Sons, bought Drambuie liqueur for an estimated price of about £100 million.

In March 2020, the company switched production at three of its distilleries to create approximately five million litres of ethanol over an eight-week period to produce hand sanitiser during the COVID-19 pandemic. In that same month, William Grant & Sons closed all of its visitor centres due to the same pandemic. In June 2020, the company reopened some of its visitor centres with increased hygiene measures.

In September 2020, Fistful of Bourbon the company first bourbon was launched in the American market.

In February 2022, William Grant & Sons launched its first low-alcoholic spirits Atopia.

In September 2023, it was announced William Grant & Sons had acquired the Guildford-headquartered gin producer, Silent Pool Distillers.

In September 2024, William Grant & Sons reached an agreement to buy The Famous Grouse and Naked Malt from Edrington, subject to customary regulatory approvals. The sale was finalized on July 1, 2025.

Blended malt Scotch whisky: Monkey Shoulder, Naked Malt

Blended Scotch whisky: The Famous Grouse, Grant's, House of Hazelwood, Clan MacGregor, Wildmoor

American whiskey: Fistful of Bourbon, Hudson Whiskey

Canadian whisky: Gibson's Finest

Irish whiskey: Tullamore D.E.W.

Brandy: Three Barrels, The Raynal

Gin: Hendrick's, Verano

Liqueur: Drambuie, Solerno, The Knot

Low-alcoholic spirit: Atopia

Mixed drinks: Taboo

Rum: Sailor Jerry, Old Vatted Demerara (O.V.D.), Woods Old Navy, Flor de Caña

Tequila: Milagro

Vodka: Reyka

Rare whiskies

William Grant & Sons produces a number of rare whiskies, most of which are described in the articles on Glenfiddich, Grant's and The Balvenie. However, their rare whiskies also include:

Girvan First Batch Distillation (from casks filled in 1964)

Ladyburn (from Ladyburn distillery, closed in 1975)

Snow Phoenix (a one-off by Glenfiddich produced as a blend of all the whisky—between three and 50 years in age—recovered after heavy snow destroyed a warehouse where the whisky was being aged)

Other rare whiskies have been bottled as private vintages for Concorde, Queen Mary 2 and the Royal Danish Wedding.

Highland Distillers brands

William Grant & Sons and the Edrington Group took Highland Distillers private in 1999 forming the 1887 Company, in which William Grant and Sons hold a 30% stake.

Brands owned by Highland Distillers at that time:

Black Bottle, this brand was sold subsequently to Burn Stewart Distillers in 2004

Gloag's London Dry Gin, brand name owned by Edrington

Highland Park, brand name now owned by Edrington

The Famous Grouse, brand name formerly owned by Edrington now owned by William Grant & Sons again

The Macallan, brand name now owned by Edrington

Other brands

Virgin Vodka, a now defunct brand which Grant's co-developed with Richard Branson's Virgin Group.