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Port of Leith Distillery

City of Edinburgh, Lowland, United Kingdom

Port of Leith Distillery
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What you can do when you visit

Leith Whisky Club

Event

Monthly whisky club supper and tasting hosted by the distillery's own experts.

Distiller's Tasting Experience

Tasting

Tasting of grains, malts, blends and single casks led by the distillery's own whisky distillers.

60 minfrom £25.00 per person

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Leith Walking Tour

Tour

Guided 90-minute walk through Leith's maritime heritage, starting at Lind & Lime Gin Distillery and finishing with a highball or gin and tonic at Port of Leith Distillery.

90 minfrom £25.00 per person

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Tour & Tasting

Tour

Flagship 90-minute tour of the vertical distillery, filling your own miniature bottle and tasting a range of samples.

90 minfrom £25.00 per person

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Visits are by appointment. Check current tour availability with the producer before you travel.

Production notes

Tastings from: £25
People: Ian, Paddy
Cask programme: ex-bourbon, ex-oloroso sherry
Ingredients: local grain
Method: We fill our ex-bourbon barrels with a lighter to medium bodied spirit, a blend of yeasts and a cleaner wort which give a slightly delicate character that is built for bourbon. For our ex-Oloroso Sherry casks we fill a medium to heavier new make spirit, adjusting the yeast ratios and creating a semi-cloudy wort which allows the spirit to hold its own in the cask.
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Visiting guide

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  • Protected originScotch WhiskyVerified

    “The Port of Leith Distillery is Scotland's first vertical distillery - a remarkable new 9 storey building in Edinburgh's historic whisky district of Leith. The company will harness years of research into yeast and fermentation, grain from a single farm just outside the city, and relationships with p”

    Source: Producer websiteView source ↗Retrieved August 9, 2026Verified

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