Die erste Abfüllung eines dreijährigen Whiskys steht bei Kingsbarns an. Am 23.03.2015 wurde das erste Fass gefüllt und im Sommer wird es die erste Abfüllung geben – aber nur für Kingsbarns Founders’ Club Mitglieder.
Kingsbarns Distillery is delighted to reveal that the first casks it filled on March 23rd 2015 came of age on Saturday and can now be called Scotch Whisky.
The Wemyss family’s fledgling Fife distillery visitor centre was opened to the public on St Andrews Day 2014, with spirit distillation beginning in January 2015. After a few months perfecting the spirit style, the distillery manager, Peter Holroyd, proudly filled the first casks on March 23rd 2015.
Initially, all the casks selected were first fill ex Bourbon barrels from Heaven Hill Distillery in Kentucky. The very first cask filled is on display for visitors to see in the oldest part of the farm steading visitor centre called the doocot. Scotch whisky has to be matured in oak barrels for a minimum of 3 years and a day in a bonded warehouse in Scotland, so sadly unlike all the other casks of maturing spirit, this first cask will never be able to be called Kingsbarns Single Malt Scotch Whisky.
The first release of Kingsbarns Single Malt Scotch Whisky will be exclusively available to Kingsbarns Founders’ Club members and expected in summer 2018. Membership is still available either at the Visitor Centre or on kingsbarnsdistillery.com.