Edinburgh taprooms and distilleries: 8 places you can enjoy a gin, whisky or beer straight from the source
With Edinburgh pubs now allowed to serve drinks indoors, the breweries and distilleries that make our favourite beers and spirits are also able to welcome people to their taprooms, bars and tours.
Scotland’s Capital has long been famous for it’s drink-making industry and a variety of tipples are made here, as anybody who has smelt hops in the air when the wind comes from a particular direction can attest.
There’s something special about trying a drink in the very building it’s made, rather than just in a normal pub.
Here are 8 distilleries and breweries where you can toast the makers in Level 2 restrictions metres from where they lovingly produced the drink in your glass.
Here are 8 distilleries and breweries where you can toast the makers in Level 2 restrictions metres from where they lovingly produced the drink in your glass.
5. Edinburgh Gin Distillery
The Edinburgh Gin Distillery is now welcoming visitors back for tours and tastings at their Rutland Place headquarters. Photo: Google Maps
The modern Holyrood Distillery, on St Leonards Lane near the Edinburgh park it's named after, is taking booking for socially distanced tours and tastings of its whiskies and gins. Photo: Google Maps
Glenkinchie Distillery may not technically be in Edinburgh (it's a short distance away in East Lothian) but its heart is in the Capital - it distils the Edinburgh Malt that is enjoyed around the world on its own and as a vital component of Johnnie Walker whiskies. Tours and tastings are now available to book. Photo: Google Maps
Bigger isn't always better, something that is perfectly demonstrated by the Hanging Bat on Lothian Road, The pub has its own microbrewery, collaborating with local brewers to bring something special to their taps. Photo: Google Maps