One of the few remaining distilleries in the Lowlands is set among the barley fields. When we arrived, it was raining so our photos couldn’t do it justice, but this is what the Glenkinchie distillery looks like on a sunny day:

There are more reasons than the Whisky alone for visiting Glenkinchie. First of all, Glenkinchie has a distillery within distillery. Yes, that’s right; the distillery building houses a model distillery from 1924 that shows every single part of the Whisky production. Consequently, we quickly figured out not much has changed in the Whisky production since then. If something’s working, why fix it, right?
Glenkinchie has the largest wash still in Scotland, with a capacity of more than 30,000 litres. The distillery produces 1.3 million litres of Whisky a year; that’s three bottles for every person in Edinburgh. Luckily, they don’t need to drink it alone, we’re glad to lend a helping glass.

Speaking of glass, tell me about the Glenkinchie Whisky now

Being so close to Edinburgh, Glenkinchie Whisky has yet another nickname: “Edinburgh malt” and represents the Lowlands among the six “Classic Malts”.
So, Glenkinchie? It’s a classic.