Glenkinchie Distillery (Diageo)
The working distillery closest to Edinburgh
In brief
A Lowland distillery at Pencaitland, about half an hour's drive from the city — effectively the only working malt distillery you can visit from Edinburgh in a day. Inside is the famous scale model of a distillery built for the 1925 British Empire Exhibition.
Compiled from public sources — not my own note.
Good to know
- Closed Sundays and Mondays — worth noting if you're planning a weekend.
- There's no rail link — you need a car or a tour bus, and a nominated driver if you plan to taste.
- Under-eights can't enter the production areas.