Kingsbarns Journal

This St Patrick's Day, we're making Guinness & Chocolate Cake and pairing it with our single malt 'Balcomie'. This cake is magnificent in it's deep colour. You can't necessarily taste the stout, but it's there to deepen the flavour of the chocolate and add a certain maltiness which you can absolutely taste. The cream cheese icing replicates the white head of a well-poured pint, adding to the whole effect. We've paired it with our single malt Balcomie. The two compliment each other as the whisky is matured in 100% ex-Oloroso American Oak Sherry Butts meaning there are flavours of treacle,...

International Women's Day 2021 Here at Kingsbarns, we believe women and whisky should be celebrated all year round. However today is a day to really talk about it! We asked some of our friends in the whisky industry to share their experiences and perspectives as women in whisky. Becky Paskin @beckypaskin I've always had a passion for food and drink, but whisky has this almost magical aura that had me hooked right from the start. What I love most about being a journalist is telling a good story, and whisky is brimming with them. There's so much to explore, from...

A spicy, citrusy and balanced single malt Scotch whisky bottled from 100% STR barriques. This limited release cask strength Single Malt for 2020 from the family-owned distillery in the Kingdom of Fife has been distilled using Fife barley and matured in Shaved, Toasted and Recharred red wine barriques from Portugal.After Kingsbarns spirit has been matured in these casks, the resulting whisky is imbued with flavours of ginger and nutmeg with citrus orange zest. KINGSBARNS DISTILLERY RESERVE 2020 is a spicy, citrusy and balanced single malt Scotch whisky bottled from 100% STR barriques. NOSE: Treacle, sultanas, fruit loaf with cinnamon icing,...

We are very proud to present the third bottle of Founders' Reserve exclusively to our members. After a great amount of patience and hard work, Kingsbarns are very proud of this bottling. Peter discusses the launch: "I am delighted to announce the release of the third Founders' Club Reserve bottling! Aged exclusively in ex-Peated barrels and unleashed at a cask strength of 61.6%, the team and I are all incredibly proud of this bottling. It signifies a significant building block of flavour to the Founders' Club bundle and truly the next step in the journey of Kingsbarns… Just as we...