Kingsbarns Journal

Doocot's first weekend was spent debuting at the Fife Whisky Festival!It was important for us to give the local Fife community the first opportunity to sample our latest release because of the wonderful connections we've made since the opening of our Visitor Centre. We enjoyed seeing first hand, whisky enthusiasts and Kingsbarns fans try our latest flagship malt side by side with our previous Dream to Dram expression and experiencing the evolution of our distillery spirit.Footage from the event can now be viewed by click the image below! 📽️

It's Doocot launch day! As we continue our journey as a young distillery, we’re committed to remain true to our Lowland home, our people and our independent spirit. Full of sweet, fruity character, Doocot embodies just that. It is light, intensely fruity, floral and complemented by a rich colour coming from the high quality casks it has matured in. Our new flagship single malt has enjoyed a longer maturation in cask, maintaining balance and developing complexity. We're incredibly excited to finally be able to share our delicious liquid with the world and proudly introduce the next step in our distillery's...

Kingsbarns Distillery was a hive of activity from early on Saturday, as the final preparations were put in place for our biggest Founders event yet, celebrating the release of the fifth and final Founders' Reserve bottle. Lights were being put in place, glasses were being polished, displays were being created and special whiskies were being gathered. The most exciting task was saved for last: cracking open Cask 001, to see, smell and taste how the liquid that filled that very first cask, back in March 2015, had transformed. A precious couple of bottles were filled, ready to be sampled by...

Did you catch our feature on The Hairy Bikers Go Local on BBC Two on the 6th of January? We had the pleasure of hosting David Myers and Si King at our distillery in the East Neuk of Fife. The Hairy Bikers were given the grand tour of our Distillery & Visitor Centre by our production manager, Peter Holroyd before heading to our tasting room to try our spirt for themselves. Our light, fruity and floral flagship single malt 'Dream to Dram' blew them away and inspired them to feature our lowland whisky in a classic Scottish dessert, Cranachan rice...