Glenfarclas

Glenfarclas distillery is a Speyside whisky distillery in Ballindalloch, Scotland. The History of Glenfarclas started when the farmer Robert Hay built a distillery on the Rechlerich Farm in 1836. When he died in 1865 his neighbour John Grant bough the distillery. He leased to John Smith, who had managed The Glenlivet Distillery, went on to build Cragganmore, and was reckoned one of the best distillers of the day.In 1890, on the death of George G. Grant, his widow Elsie took over the licence for the distillery. At some time over the following years, Elsie handed active management of the Distillery to her sons John and George. The Grants formed a partnership with Pattisons Ltd in August 1896 at the height of the whisky boom. After the crash that followed, the Grants resumed full ownership of the distillery.

John retired due to ill health in 1913 and George became sole proprietor. In 1947 Glenfarclas became a private limited company, owned by George’s sons, George S. Grant and John P. Grant. It was expended in 1960 by the third pair of J&G Grants, when a second pair of stills was added; this was increased to three pair in 1976. George S. Grant served 52 years as Chairman of the family company 1949-2011, when he was succeeded by his son John.