Scotland-based Eden Mill has started operations at its distillery on the east coast of the country.
The gin and whisky producer filled its first cask earlier this week after almost two years of construction work following the handover of the site in St Andrews from the town’s university in June 2023. The recently opened facility features a mash tun, six washbacks, a gin still, wash and spirit stills, hot liquor tanks and a warehouse with space to store 300 casks.
Eden Mill said the distillery has a capacity of 1m litres of pure alcohol per year. The company has under 400 casks remaining from the single malt produced at its original distillery located on the same site, and is now restarting whisky production to fill casks with new-make spirit.
The core gin range, comprising the Golf, Love and Original expressions, will also be distilled at the new premises and will soon be relaunched in a redesigned bottle.
“The new distillery marks a step change for our business and follows years of hard work by the whole team,” said Eden Mill CEO Rennie Donaldson. “To be able to announce that our new distillery is now fully operational is incredibly exciting and we are just a few … months away from being able to open our doors to the public.”
According to data from The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) released earlier this year, the total shipments of scotch abroad saw a near-4% rise in volumes, while a decline of the same percentage was recorded in value in the twelve months of 2024.
