Falkirk Distillery

About the distillery

Falkirk Distillery lies just outside Falkirk in the Scottish Lowlands, halfway between Edinburgh and Glasgow. It is a new distillery with a clear sense of place: Antonine Wall and Mumrills Fort form the backdrop for the site, and the visit connects production, history and flavour at the same address. Here, you can walk through the distillery, see the traditional dunnage-warehouse and taste whisky on site.

History

The distillery’s story is closely intertwined with Falkirk’s landscape and history. The site is located at Antonine Wall, a Scheduled Ancient Monument and World Heritage Site, and to the west of the distillery stands Mumrills Fort, which is connected to the Battle of Falkirk. This historic setting is used as a springboard to position the distillery as a modern Lowland producer with a local identity. In addition, a number of newer milestones are documented: In August 2024, the distillery was used as a filming location for a film, in which both the exterior, mash tun, stills and warehouse were included. In 2026, Warehouse Tastings was launched, and the same year the distillery appeared at several whisky festivals around the country. Overall, it portrays a producer that already actively uses both the buildings, the warehouse and its visitor activities as part of its history.

Raw materials and production

Falkirk Distillery describes its production as a meeting between the old and the new. The heart of the facility is two Speyside copper stills, a traditional 4.5 ton copper mash tun, 34,000 liter fermentators, a spirit safe, and a Buhler Malt intake. It is a classic Scottish whisky setup, but placed within a newer distillery, where the physical surroundings and equipment play as big a role as the raw materials. The production description emphasizes that the finest raw ingredients are carefully transformed into new make spirit, and that quality in the spirit is central. Visitors also get insight into the production process on the tours, where they see the mash tun, stills, the bottling room and a cooperage display, making the craftsmanship behind both distillation and cask work part of the experience.

Maturation and cask types

Maturation takes place in a traditional dunnage ageing warehouse next to the distillery. It is built from brick, low and windowless, and casks are laid on the floor in three layers to ensure a consistent maturation. This is also where the distillery invites guests for Warehouse Tastings, where samples are taken directly from selected casks and tasted side by side with old and rare Caperdonich drams. The physical structure of the warehouse and the direct cask tasting underline that maturation is an active part of the experience, not just a background process.

Whiskies

The documented range is small, but clearly focused on the distillery’s own Lowland single malt. The specific release shown is a 3rd release in the 20cl format, and the shop display also refers to a corresponding 70cl version. The news also mentions three whiskies as part of the house’s current offering, and the distillery offers cask pour in the shop. The overall impression is of a young range, where you can follow the development from release to release and taste the distillery’s DNA in multiple formats.

The style and flavour profile of the whiskies

The flavour carries through with sweetness, floral and herbal notes, as well as a soft, lightly spiced profile. The new make spirit is described with a sweet, floral and herbal nose, while the taste features sweet pears, warm mild spice, butter and sweet hazelnut. The documented whisky release adds a layer of liquorice, malt, sweetness and a spicy, pepper-spiced finish to the picture. Taken together, it points to a Lowland style where fruit, malt and mild spice are central.

Visiting the distillery

Falkirk Distillery welcomes the public with guided standard tours and Warehouse Tastings. The standard tour takes guests through the distillery, the traditional dunnage-warehouse, bottling room and cooperage display, and ends with a tasting of three Lowland single malts. Tours run Monday to Friday at 10, 12 and 14, and Saturday and Sunday at 12, and online booking must be made at least 24 hours in advance. There is space for large groups of up to 54 guests, on-site parking for cars, minibuses and buses, and visitors can also use the shop and visitor centre. Wheelchair and scooter users cannot go into the stillhouse, but reception, lower stillhouse, warehouse, gift shop and visitor area are accessible.

The stated opening hours are Standard tours: Monday–Friday at 10, 12 and 14; Saturday and Sunday at 12. Online booking at least 24 hours in advance.
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Philosophy and craftsmanship

The distillery places tradition and renewal in the same sentence and describes the work as reviving tradition, creating the future. This is reflected in the choice of traditional elements such as the dunnage-warehouse and copper equipment, combined with modern fermentation and malt intake. The philosophy is also practical: quality in the new make spirit, respect for craftsmanship, and a desire to let guests get close to the process through tours and cask experiences.

Latest news

Warehouse Tastings - Discover Falkirk Distillery’s DNA – 2026

Visitors are guided through the production with an industry expert, get an explanation of the distillery’s philosophy and process, and finish with tasting in the dunnage-warehouse, where they can take samples from a selected cask and compare them with old and rare Caperdonich drams.

Lights, Camera… Falkirk! – 2026

The distillery states that a new film will premiere in April 2026, and that filming took place at Falkirk Distillery in August 2024 with scenes from the exterior, mash tun, stills and warehouse.