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Scottish gin. Extraordinary places.

Discover the gins of Scotland

Every distillery here has a still house at a real address in Scotland — from an RAF base on Unst to a railway arch in Edinburgh. Explore them by region, find out what goes in the still, and work out where to go.

Start here Highlands Islands Speyside & Moray Aberdeenshire & the North East Angus, Dundee & Perthshire Fife Edinburgh & the Lothians Glasgow, Argyll & the West Borders & the South West Island distilled Foraged botanicals Cocktails

More than a drink.
A sense of place.

Four to start with

Not a top four — four distilleries a long way apart, to show the spread.

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Rock Rose Gin Dunnet Bay Distillers

The original, built on local and foraged botanicals including rhodiola rosea.

Dunnet, Caithness Distillery
The Botanist Islay Dry Gin Bruichladdich Distillery

Twenty-two botanicals foraged on Islay, on top of nine classic ones.

Bruichladdich, Islay Distillery
Caorunn Gin Balmenach Distillery

Five Celtic botanicals including rowan berry and heather, alongside the traditional six.

Cromdale, Speyside Distillery
Pickering's Gin Summerhall Distillery

From a 1947 recipe, distilled at Summerhall.

Summerhall, Edinburgh Distillery

Explore by region

From rugged coastlines to city railway arches, gin from every corner of Scotland.

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HighlandsWild. Bold. Unforgettable. IslandsDistinctive. Coastal. Pure. Speyside & MorayElegant. Refined. Complex. Edinburgh & the LothiansHistoric. Creative. Distinctive. Glasgow, Argyll & the WestCity stills and sea lochs.

Cocktails

Classic drinks, and what we’d do with a Scottish bottle.

Distilleries to visit

Places we believe run a public tour or tasting.

What’s in the still

The Scottish botanicals that keep turning up.

Latest from the Journal

Stories, guides and background from the world of Scottish gin.

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Background · 6 min read

Why so much of Britain’s gin is Scottish

Two things happened at once: a very large factory in Fife, and about a hundred very small distilleries everywhere else.

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Nature · 5 min read

A field guide to Scottish botanicals

Heather, bog myrtle, rowan, sugar kelp and Scots pine — what they actually taste like, and why they keep turning up.

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Travel · 5 min read

Visiting a Scottish distillery without wasting the day

The practical part: booking, driving, ferries, and the thing nobody mentions about the tasting at the end.

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