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Lindores Abbey
Founded
2017
Region
Lowland
Status
Operational
Company
Production type
Single Malt
Production capacity
225,000 litres per year
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Lindores Abbery is a Lowland malt whisky distillery located opposite the ruins of the the 12th century Tironensian abbey of the same name on the outskirts of Newburgh, Fife. The site has important historical links to Scotch whisky, with the earliest known record of distilling in Scotland being an exchequer roll payment from King James IV to the abbey's Friar John Cor in 1493.
The modern distillery is located on Lindores Abbey Farm and was founded by Drew Mackenzie Smith in 2017. It was designed with assistance from the late Dr. Jim Swan, and produces its spirit using locally-grown barley. Its single malt is bottled under the Lindores brand name while the full distillery name is used to sell Aqua Vitae, a spirit drink infused with herbs and spices.
While the distillery's single malt was launched under the Lindores brand name in 2021, the distillery began marketing the Lindores Abbey brand in 2018. Not a whisky, the label is instead a spirit drink produced using unaged single malt spirit from the distillery, infused with sweet cicely, cleavers and lemon verbena foraged from the abbey ruins across the street.
The spirit drink is so-called as a homage to the whisky produced by Friar John Cor for King James IV in 1894, which was referred to on the exchequer rolls as aqua vitae, meaning "water of life."
2018-present
2017-2018
Lindores Abbey Distillery
Abbey Road
Newburgh
Cupar
KY14 6HH
Scotland
Active brands
Single Malt
Single Malt
