Articles – InchDairnie Distillery

Fife Whisky – a Whisky Region of its own?

There has been much discussion recently about the relevance of the Scotch whisky regions, Highland, Speyside, Islay, Campbelltown, and Lowland. Much of this has been around the flavour profiles of the whiskies that come from these areas. Close examination of today’s...

De-Carbonising InchDairnie Distillery

“When the distillery was designed, low energy technologies were designed in from the very beginning, reflecting the age we live in. We adopted three strategies, reduce, recycle, and reuse. We used equipment that did not need as much energy as older technologies,...

InchDairnie Distillery Carbon Footprint Report 2020

Find our carbon footprint report at the following link; InchDairnie Distillery Carbon Footprint Report Sustainability is important to Inchdairnie Distillery and low energy consumption was part of the original process design. Three strategies were used in...

Yeast, our other M

The British governments definition of Scotch whisky is laid out in the ‘Scotch Whisky Regulations 2009’. These regulations state; In these Regulations “Scotch Whisky” means a whisky produced in Scotland— that has been distilled at a distillery in Scotland from water...

Barley, one of our M’s

The British governments definition of Scotch whisky is laid out in the ‘Scotch Whisky Regulations 2009’, “In these Regulations “Scotch Whisky” means a whisky produced in Scotland— that retains the colour, aroma and taste derived from the raw materials used in,...

Brewer and Distiller on Rye

With this years RyeLaw production underway this week, we would like to share an article with you by the Institute of Brewing and Distilling from their May 2020 issue. It highlights our quest for flavour when making our RyeLaw whisky and the unique methods we use to...

Cask Club Filling with Bodegas Navajas

Each year Inchdairnie Distillery makes available thirty casks of its InchDairnie Single Malt for sale to private individuals for their own use. This year’s casks are red wine casks from the Rioja region of Spain. The casks have come from our partner Bodegas Navajas,...

Brioni Barley Summer Distillation

Here at InchDairnie Distillery we do not use just any malted barley we use different varieties and types of barley which are malted for us by Muntons, at their maltings in Bridlington, England. We use spring barley, planted in the spring time and harvested in the...

The InchDairnie Sculpture – Time

Scotch Whisky has only four ingredients, water, barley, yeast and time. Time is the most difficult to understand, many things happen over time when the new make whisky is filled into the cask. InchDairnie commissioned Fife born Marion Smith,...

KINGLASSIE “PEATED WHISKY” REVEALED AS INCHDAIRNIE’S SECOND RELEASE

The secret is out. We are creating a true winter distillate using peated malted barley. The name of the distillate, that will one day be mature whisky, is KinGlassie, named after the nearby village, and it is believed to be the first peated whisky from the Kingdom of...