Kingsbarns Journal

3rd June 2015 Golf and whisky are a natural pairing and never more so than at Kingsbarns, where the story of how the distillery began is tied closely to the sport. As we welcome The Open to St Andrews, we have created The 19th Hole Tour to offer a great way to relax after watching the golf at St Andrews or indeed playing on one of Fife’s many other courses. Between Monday 13th July and Sunday 19th July 2015, enjoy a unique evening tour of the distillery at the later times of 17.30, 18.30 and 19.30. At the end of...

1st April 2015 We are happy to announce that the distillery will now be welcoming visitors from the new hours of 10am - 6pm. The first 'Kingsbarns Tour' begins at the same time of 10.30am but there is now an additional tour at 4.30pm. The tour lasts an hour and is a great introduction to Scotch whisky, taking you through the season of whisky making and finishing with a dram in our tasting rooms. You can also take the 'Doocot Tour' where you explore the exhibition, see first-hand where our spirit is made and then are taken on a tutored...

We are delighted to partner with Fairmont St Andrews offering golf and whisky connoisseurs the opportunity to experience luxury five star accommodation, championship golf and a personal tour of Kingsbarns Distillery with founder and ex golf caddie, Douglas Clement. Package Includes: Overnight accommodation in a Fairmont Guestroom Full Scottish Breakfast in The Squire Restaurant 18 Holes of Golf on The Torrance or The Kittocks 3-Course Dinner in The Clubhouse and dram of malt whisky Tour of Kingsbarns Distillery Availability: Between Friday, May 01, 2015 and Thursday, March 31, 2016 Rates: From £199.00 per person based on double occupancy, subject to...

17th February 2015 Over the last few weeks we have been "commissioning" the distillery, but what does this entail? The equipment such as mash tun, wash backs and the all-important copper stills have been installed in the distillery building but there are a few steps we needed to take before we started producing new make spirit. Firstly the distillery was "wet tested" to check for leaks before processing our first batch of malt. We have since processed numerous mashes, run the stills several times and are now well and truly on course with the production of new make malt spirit....