The distillery was founded in 1840 by the brothers John and James Grant. After the death of the two founders took over in 1872 the son of James Grant the distillery. In 1898 he replaced the original Floormaltings by Drummaltings and built on the other side of the road the distillery Caperdonich, which at that time still Glen Grant no. 2 was called. Until the first closure of Glen Grant no. 2 In 1902 the two distilleries were connected by a pipeline. The distillery was expanded in 1973 from four to six and in 1977 by the new owners Seagram on eight stills. From 2001 to the end of 2005, the distillery was owned by Pernod Ricard, after the acquisition of Allied Domecq but the distillery had to be sold for competitive reasons. New owner is now the Campari Group.