Blog – Darnley's Gin

Smokin' Collaboration: Reintroducing the Fiery Flavours of Smoke and Zest Gin Distilled with Smoked Kingsbarns Barley

Smoke and Zest Gin was originally launched back in 2021 as a member of our Cottage Series Gins. After a great reception, we've decided to bring it back...this time in a 70cl bottle!

This unique and innovative botanical masterpiece was born in the heart of Fife, where Kingsbarns and Darnley's Distilleries share the same sacred land. This exceptional gin has been meticulously crafted to pay homage to our two expertly crafted spirits.

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Our Gin Botanicals

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...

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Darnley's Honey!

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 ...

What is 'Navy Strength' Gin?

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 ...

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The Summer Solstice is here!

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

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A very Exciting Bee Update 🐝

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...

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A brief history of Gin

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...

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What's the fuss about the garnish?

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

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Introducing Mandy - our beekeeper!

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...