Kingsbarns Distillery is located at 6 miles from St. Andrews, just outside of Kingsbarns village, on the Combo Estate in the Lowlands.
A former golf caddie Douglas Clement, is the brains behind this project. He raised £100,000 from investors whom he met during his caddie profession. Despite his fundraising attempts, he couldn't make the necessary money, which was around £1.6m.
Luckily, he had a good connection with the Wemyss Family, who had a historical link with the site. In 2013, he signed a deal with the family, and in 18 months the distillery was built.
On November 30th, 2014 the distillery was founded, and they started production. Kingsbarns has 4 stainless steel washbacks, and a pair of stills. The wash still has a capacity of 8,000 liters, and spirit still has a capacity of 4,800 liters.
The spirit fills only 24 casks per week, 85% of which are first fill Heaven Hill ex-Bourbon casks, about 10% José & Miguel Martin ex-Sherry casks and the remaining 5% ex-Port Barriques. Their spirit is still too young, but they are expecting their first dram of single malt in 2018.