William Grant & Sons announced in January 2007 their intention to build a new distillery within their Girvan grain distillery. In December of the same year, spirit samples were sent to potential customers. The project reportedly cost over £10 million.

The region's most remarkable natural landmark is the uninhabited island of Ailsa Craig, situated a few miles offshore. This ancient volcanic plug of granite—sourced from such an unusual, marginal island—was until recently the sole specified stone for Scottish national curling stones. (Philip Morrice, The Whisky Distilleries of Scotland and Ireland, 1987) This marks the second pot still malt whisky distillery constructed within Grant's Girvan grain whisky complex. The first was Ladyburn (see entry), operational from 1966 to 1975. The new installation occupies a different site within the complex and utilizes none of the former equipment. The distillery's spirit is destined exclusively for Grant's blended whisky, and has yet to be released as a single malt expression.