Kingsbarns distillery is a

Scotch whisky Scotch whisky (; sco, Scots whisky/whiskie, whusk(e)y; often simply called whisky or Scotch) is malt whisky or grain whisky (or a blend of the two), made in Scotland. All Scotch whisky was originally made from malted barley. Commercial dist ...

distillery located in

Kingsbarns Kingsbarns is a village and parish in Scotland lies near the eastern coast of Fife, in an area known as the East Neuk, southeast of St Andrews and north of Crail. The name derives from the area being the location of the barns used to store gr ...

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in the

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whisky region in

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. The distillery was founded in 2014 by Douglas Clement and is owned by Wemyss malts with a capacity to produce 200,000 litres of spirit per year.

History

Douglas Clement, formerly a golf caddie, was inspired to open a distillery near to the famous golf courses in the

St Andrews St Andrews ( la, S. Andrea(s); sco, Saunt Aundraes; gd, Cill Rìmhinn) is a town on the east coast of Fife in Scotland, southeast of Dundee and northeast of Edinburgh. St Andrews had a recorded population of 16,800 , making it Fife's four ...

and Kingsbarns area after visiting golfers expressed frustration at the lack of a nearby distillery. After he got £670,000 grant from the Scottish Government he was able to convince the Wemyss family to invest £2.5 to £3m. The Kingsbarns distillery officially opened on November 2014, with the first casks filled in 2015. In August 2018, Kingsbarns distillery unveiled its first single malt Scotch whisky. In November, the distillery launched "Balcomie" a single malt sherry cask whisky. In November 2022, the Wemyss company announce expansion plans of the distillery with the construction of twelve bonded warehouses for whisky maturation and a bottling plant. In December 2022, the distillery announce plans to enter the United States market.

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