Kingsbarns Journal

Overlooking the world-reknowned Kingsbarns Championship Golf Course, the arrival of Kingsbarns distillery to the area officially marries together two of Scotland’s finest exports, golf and whisky. Douglas Clement, Kingsbarns Distillery Founder and Visitors Centre Manager first had the idea of creating a Whisky distillery in Fife many years ago, working as a Caddie at Kingsbarns Golf Course: “Inspired by comments from golfers at Kingsbarns and St Andrews, I knew that there was a real opportunity for a local distillery. I’ve been working on this project for a number of years and it’s great to be standing here today seeing the...

Distillery Manager, Peter Holroyd talks about our distillery spirit. With the Lowlands being an under-represented region for Scotch malt whisky, and in keeping with the provenance of the distillery, we set out with the aim of producing a light and fruity character of spirit in a Lowland style. The spirit has certainly evolved a little over time as the copper in the stills conditioned and the distillery settled down, and this has been fascinating to see. Thankfully, there have never been any off-notes in the new-make from starting up and I am very pleased with the character. Our spirit is...

We handed over a bottle of Kingsbarns New Spirit Drink to Edinburgh bartender Jason Scott of Bramble bar and Lucky Liquor to invent a few cocktails and explore how best to enjoy your own bottle at home. Kingsbarns Cranachan A long refreshing cocktail that pairs the fruity intesity of the new make spirit with refreshing rasberry and soda. -25ml Kingsbarns Spirit Drink -100ml raspberry juice -50ml soda -10ml sugar syrup -Squeeze of lime Simply stir all ingredients (hold the soda) with ice in a tall glass until cool and well mixed. Top up with soda and garnish with a fresh...

Kingsbarns Distillery is delighted to announce that two new exclusive single cask bottlings from Wemyss Malts are now available in its Visitor Centre and online shop. The Visitor Centre was opened on St Andrews Day 2014 by the Wemyss family owners and the founder, local man Douglas Clement. Distilling started in January 2015, with the first cask filled in March that year. Scotch whisky has to mature for at least 3 years before it can be bottled, so meanwhile the Kingsbarns Distillery shop is stocked with the range from the family owner's other whisky interest, the award-winning independent bottler, Wemyss...