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Gin is a difficult beast to master and takes the same dollops of patience and skill to create as perhaps a blended whisky or a tea. We have a desig...

We finally have honey flowing from the beehives at Darnley's! This is really exciting for us as we are always looking at ways to reintroduce the ...

As we have seen in other blogs, Gin has a complex history interwoven with peaks and troughs of publicity: good and bad. But another strand we have ...

Wednesday 21st June 2023 - Summer Solstice Today is officially the start of summer as we celebrate the Summer Solstice! The northern hemisphere is...

With the summer months fast approaching, our colony of bees have been able to get out and explore their new home in this warmer weather🌞. Our frien...

We love gin. As a society we bought somewhere in the region of 50 million bottles of it in 2017, amounting to around £1.2 billion. But, for all the...

Pink grapefruit segments, lime wedges, cucumber slices, orange peel swirls and lemon wheels. These are all garnishes currently used in the gin indu...

We are buzzing to share the news that we have bees at Darnley's! Behind our Gin Cottage in the East Neuk of Fife we have recently welcomed a hive o...

The word 'tonic' has for a long time (since the 16th century) been associated with medicine or at least having the property of restoring health. I...

Hosting friends or family this weekend?   This Darnley's G&T cheesecake is incredibly simple to make and perfect for sharing. Made with our O...

How to Make a "Darnley's Sweet Nothings"       Ingredients  50ml Darnley's Original Gin 25ml Lemon juice 12.5ml Sugar syrup  50ml Fever Tree Rhuba...

Have you had a chance to try our delicious Darnley's Hot Gin Punch yet?If not, we've got you covered! As you can see below, the Darnley's Team have...