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William Grant & Sons
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 by William Grant, and is now run by the descendants of the founder. It is the largest of the handful of Scotch whisky distillers remaining in family ownership. “William Grant & Sons” is often abbreviated to “W. Grant & Sons” or just “Grant’s”, after their blended whisky of the same name. Leading brands produced at the Girvan and Dufftown Distilleries include Glenfiddich, Monkey Shoulder, Balvenie, Hendrick’s Gin and Sailor Jerry Rum.
The company is the third largest producer of Scotch whisky (10.4% market share) after Diageo (34.4%), and Pernod Ricard.[3][4] The company is registered at The Glenfiddich distillery in Dufftown.[5] Although staying true to many of the distilling techniques of its founder, Grants foster a forward thinking and pioneering culture that recognises the need for innovative thinking and continuous improvement. To that end they decided to improve the quality and accuracy of the flow measurement of the steam used to heat the whisky stills. ABLE Instruments recommended that they upgrade the existing orifice plate meters to McCrometer’s ExactSteam V-Cones. The V-Cone flowmeter acts as its own flow conditioner by disrupting all centralised flow disturbances and enables the lowest permanent pressure loss to maximise plant efficiency. Having changed to V-Cones, William Grant are looking forward to reduced energy costs and maintenance requirements going forward.