Kingsbarns Balcomie

Kingsbarns distillery was built (within a picturesque late 18th century farmstead near St Andrews) by the Wemyss family, known for their Wemyss Malts independent whisky bottlings as well as Darnley’s Gin. It opened in late 2014, producing a light, floral and fruity spirit thanks to slow fermentation and slow distillation with a high, early cut point. Here, that’s been aged exclusively in American oak oloroso sherry butts selected to complement that fruity character. Balcomie is part of the core range alongside Coaltown (which uses ex-peated casks and featured in Pour & Sip back in 2024), but both represent a slight departure or variation from their signature/flagship Doocot style (which is aged in 90% bourbon and 10% STR wine casks, replacing their inaugural ‘Dream to Dram’ whisky which used the same casks but was much younger).