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John
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 Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 10:35 pm Post subject: Wm Grants to build malt whisky distillery in Girvan Ayrshire |
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WILLIAM Grant & Sons, the family-owned distiller and one of Scotland's biggest private companies, is to build a malt distillery in Ayrshire to meet booming demand from emerging markets.
The maker of the world's best-selling single malt, the Glenfiddich, is understood to be investing up to £10m on its site in Girvan to expand both malt and grain production.
The news comes just weeks after Diageo announced it was building its first malt distillery in more than 30 years in Roseisle on Speyside.
The new distillery, yet to be named, will sit alongside the firm's existing grain whisky distillery in Girvan. The site was previously home to its Ladyburn single malt distillery, which closed in 1975.
Containing four wash stills and four spirit stills it will take nine months to build. Senior management at the company are expecting the first spirit to flow from the stills by the end of this year with the whisky hitting the market in 2012.
Source: The Scotsman online. |
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William
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I will have to watch out for this as i pass throuogh Girvan a few times a month on the way to Stranraer.
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islayonspey
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Location: Dufftown, Speyside, Scotland
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| Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 9:45 am Post subject: Re: Wm Grants to build malt whisky distillery in Girvan Ayrs |
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| John wrote: | WILLIAM Grant & Sons, the family-owned distiller and one of Scotland's biggest private companies, is to build a malt distillery in Ayrshire to meet booming demand from emerging markets.
The maker of the world's best-selling single malt, the Glenfiddich, is understood to be investing up to £10m on its site in Girvan to expand both malt and grain production.
The news comes just weeks after Diageo announced it was building its first malt distillery in more than 30 years in Roseisle on Speyside.
The new distillery, yet to be named, will sit alongside the firm's existing grain whisky distillery in Girvan. The site was previously home to its Ladyburn single malt distillery, which closed in 1975.
Containing four wash stills and four spirit stills it will take nine months to build. Senior management at the company are expecting the first spirit to flow from the stills by the end of this year with the whisky hitting the market in 2012.
Source: The Scotsman online. |
Hi John,
Further to my quote re: Roseisle . . . . .
W.Grant took this initiative under pressure from Diageo. However this may also mean that Kininvie Distillery, next to Balvenie may stop operating, again due to transport costs from Dufftown to Girvan with the Kininvie Malt. 
Slainte Rene
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