Kingsbarns Journal

Our Kingsbarns Distillery is situated in the Lowlands near St. Andrews, perfectly positioned to cater to the many golf enthusiasts spilling off of the courses that inhabit the area. Besides well kept golf courses, St Andrews is also known for it's paranormal activity; legends of ghosts and folk tales surrounding St Andrew and St Rule. With that in mind, we thought it apt to share a few of our favourite local ghosts. The Friendly Monk This ghost story doesn't involve any gruesome or scary apparitions, but rather the tale of the friendly monk in St. Rules Tower. St. Rules Tower...

We travelled to our very own Kingsbarns Distillery in the East Neuk of Fife to meet with our distillery manager, Peter Holroyd. Peter is a vital cog in the Kingsbarns machine, using his passion and expertise to assist in the production of our award winning whiskies such as our flagship spirit, Dream to Dram. How did you get to the stage of making whisky? Well, I’ve always had a love of food and drink, in fact when I was a wee boy I wanted to be a chef. When I realised you could do a Brewing and Distilling course at...

This week, we caught up with our Kingsbarns Senior Brand Manager and Balcomie Super Fan, Hannah Peebles to get the lowdown on which foods paired beautifully with our lowland single malt whisky, Kingsbarns Balcomie. Green & Black's Velvet Edition; Dark Chocolate with Raspberry & Hazelnut The velvety feel of this hazelnut-infused chocolate, alongside the bursts of raspberry bring out the soft, red berry notes and hazelnut finish of Balcomie. IJ Mellis Auld Reekie Cheese IJ Mellis' Auld Reekie Cheese has been smoked over whisky barrels which gives it a lovely creamy and smoky taste, working in perfect harmony with the...

It must have been late 2012 I first heard about Doug Clement’s idea to build a new single malt distillery adjacent to Kingsbarns Golf Links in Fife. Our family have lived and worked in Fife for many, many generations and our ancestral home sits just down the coast from Kingsbarns. Fife therefore seemed a logical place for us to own a distillery, but we had never seriously thought about constructing one from scratch. The email that started it all I clearly remember walking from our Edinburgh office to Haymarket train station, and hearing my iPhone (or was it a Blackberry...