We grow all the botanicals we can right here in our Gin Cottage gardens.
The Darnley's Story
Nature Distilled
Only the most natural Ingredients
Darnley’s Gin is made using only natural ingredients; the best botanicals, the freshest Scottish water and pure spirit. We believe that by respecting the ingredients gifted to us by nature, and not using colours, sweeteners or artificial flavourings, we can create gin that brings a nuanced and authentic taste to your glass.
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Grown
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Foraged
What we can't grow, we forage with the help of local experts.
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Sustainably Sourced
What we can't grow or forage, we source sustainably from trusted farmers.
A COTTAGE GIn
In the gardens surrounding Darnley’s Gin Cottage, we grow as many botanicals as the Scottish weather allows. We continue to find new ways to source our ingredients as responsibly as possible, and are continuously looking for ways to improve on our carbon footprint.
Rooted in Fife
Our story is rooted in Fife, Scotland where our family have lived and worked for centuries, and it is here that our gin making journey begins. In partnership with local experts, we forage for some of our botanicals, like the elderflower that grows wild in the grounds of Wemyss Castle, our family’s ancestral home.
Our still, dorothy
Darnley’s Gin is made in a 350l copper pot still that fits perfectly in our small cottage. She is named Dorothy after two of our regular visitors, and we also have a tour guide called Dot, so it honours one of our team too!
Our Head Distiller, Aaron, uses this copper pot still to make Darnley's Gin in the London Dry style to produce a gin with uncompromising quality and flavour.
Distilling Darnleys
Each bottle of Darnley’s Gin begins with the highest quality British grown grain spirit and the finest botanical ingredients.We pride ourselves on making a gin that’s perfectly natural, which is why we make London Dry Gin. This means that no additional flavours or sugars are added after distillation, only purified water to reduce our gin to its bottling strength. Our carefully selected combination of botanicals are steeped in the base spirit, allowing the essential oils and flavours to be released before distillation.
