Regions
Scottish gin by region
Scotch whisky has legally defined regions. Gin does not — there is no protected definition of Scottish gin at all. These nine are our own way of dividing the country up, chosen so that each one holds enough distilleries to be worth a trip.
Highlands
Wild. Bold. Unforgettable.
Long roads, big weather and distilleries that are often the only building in sight.
9 distilleries Explore →
Islands
Distinctive. Coastal. Pure.
Islay, Harris, Jura, Skye, Mull, Orkney, Shetland and the Uists — island gin made on the island.
10 distilleries Explore →
Speyside & Moray
Elegant. Refined. Complex.
The densest concentration of stills in the world, and some of them are making gin.
4 distilleries Explore →
Aberdeenshire & the North East
Granite, estate and coast.
Royal Deeside, the Aberdeenshire farmland and the granite city itself.
5 distilleries Explore →
Angus, Dundee & Perthshire
Field to bottle.
Farm distilleries on the Angus coast, and the glens running north from Perth.
5 distilleries Explore →
Fife
The quiet giant.
The East Neuk, St Andrews — and the single site that makes more gin than anywhere in the world.
3 distilleries Explore →
Edinburgh & the Lothians
Historic. Creative. Distinctive.
Leith, Summerhall, the Arches — the densest urban gin scene in the country.
8 distilleries Explore →
Glasgow, Argyll & the West
City stills and sea lochs.
Glasgow’s distilleries, the Kintyre peninsula, Ayrshire and the Trossachs.
6 distilleries Explore →
Borders & the South West
The overlooked half.
Hawick, Jedburgh, Kelso, and the Galloway coast.
6 distilleries Explore →