Fife is the strangest entry on this list, because it contains both ends of the trade at once. Cameronbridge, near Windygates, is where Gordon’s and Tanqueray are distilled, on two of the biggest gin stills in the world, at something like three million bottles a week. Twenty miles east, small producers work out of a farm steading and a golf town. Both are Fife gin.
Distilleries in Fife
Every one with a still house in the region.
Eden Mill
St Andrews, Fife
On the Eden estuary outside St Andrews, on the site of an old brewery and paper mill. One of the earlier names in the modern Scottish gin run.
Eden Mill Original Gin, Eden Mill Love GinKingsbarns Distillery
Kingsbarns, Fife
In a converted farm steading in the East Neuk, where Darnley’s is distilled in its own gin still alongside the Lowland malt.
Darnley's Original Gin, Darnley's Spiced GinCameronbridge Distillery
Windygates, Fife
The quiet giant of Scottish gin. Gordon’s and Tanqueray are both distilled at this Fife site, the largest grain distillery in Europe, on two of the biggest gin stills in the world. Tanqueray is made nowhere else. It is an industrial plant, not a visitor attraction — but the two best-selling gins on earth are Fife gins.
Gordon's, TanquerayOther regions
- HighlandsWild. Bold. Unforgettable.
- IslandsDistinctive. Coastal. Pure.
- Speyside & MorayElegant. Refined. Complex.
- Aberdeenshire & the North EastGranite, estate and coast.
- Angus, Dundee & PerthshireField to bottle.
- Edinburgh & the LothiansHistoric. Creative. Distinctive.
- Glasgow, Argyll & the WestCity stills and sea lochs.
- Borders & the South WestThe overlooked half.