straight from the cask

A Classic Malt of the Lowlands.  As the distillery is so close to Edinburgh it is sometimes known as "The Edinburgh Malt."

In 1837, John and George Rate were the first recorded licence holders of Glenkinchie Distillery. They ceased production at Glenkinchie in 1853 but the premises were opened again in 1890 when a consortium of brewers, blenders and wine merchants from Edinburgh and Leith reformed the Glenkinchie Distillery Co Ltd.

The new owners rebuilt the premises but retained Glenkinchies 2 Lampglass Stills, the classic Lowland type of Still. They remain the largest stills to produce any of Scotlands malt whiskies.

In 1914, the company was one of five lowland malt whisky distilleries to form Scottish Malt Distillers Ltd to concentrate their resources during a time of recession.  Scottish Malt Distillers then became part of United Distillers and subsequently, part of Diageo.

The malting floors at Glenkinchie closed in 1968 and a museum was built in its place which features a one-sixth scale model of a distillery which had been on display in the Palace of Industry at the British Empire Exhibition in 1923-25.  The model still has pride of place in the museum at the visitors centre.

The present staff are most welcoming and this is one of the best distillery tours in Scotland.  The whisky is a bit special too! 

For full details click on the link below which will take you to Diageo's main site: