SHORE Distillery Spirits Tasting
Leith, Edinburgh
Taste gin, whisky, or a full spirits selection at the authentic distillery. Follow how flavour develops through botanicals, maturation, strength, and historic Highland traditions.
Highlights
- Savour Highland-inspired flavours in a guided tasting
- Compare peated and unpeated whiskies side by side
- Trace botanical character through gin and liqueurs
- Step into the distillery to see the production setup
- Finish with a historic-style usquebaugh interpretation
Description
Step inside the distillery for a guided tasting that explores how flavour is shaped across different styles of spirit. Depending on the option you choose, you’ll focus on gin, whisky, or a broader tasting that brings both together. Each session is structured to show how production choices influence balance, texture, strength, and character, with inspiration drawn from Skye and the wider Highlands.
Gin Experience
The Gin Experience offers a closer look at how they develop flavour through distillation and infusion. You’ll taste a curated selection of dry gins and gin liqueurs, starting with the distillery’s gins and moving into liqueurs where sweetness and infusion take the profile in a different direction. Along the way, you’ll explore botanical character, mouthfeel, and the progression from spirit production to finished serve.
Whisky Experience
The Whisky Experience focuses on how peat, strength, time, and style shape the final whisky in the glass. You’ll compare peated and unpeated whiskies, tasted side by side at 46% and cask strength, to understand how flavour, texture, and intensity evolve. The session concludes with the interpretation of usquebaugh, introducing a richer, spiced profile and linking modern single malt with older Highland distilling traditions.
Signature Spirits Experience
For the fullest introduction, the Signature Spirits Experience combines gin and whisky in one extended tasting. You’ll begin with botanical distillation, continue into a selection of whiskies, and spend time in the distillery itself to connect the stills and production setup with what you taste. A light mixed serve is included before the experience finishes with SHORE’s take on usquebaugh.
Includes
Guided tasting session
Gin and gin liqueur samples [Gin option]
Whisky samples [Whisky option]
Distillery visit [Signature option]
Excludes
Driver's packs
Important Information
- Choose between a gin, whisky, or signature spirits tasting
The Gin and Whisky Experiences last around 45 minutes
The Signature Spirits Experience lasts around 45 to 60 minutes
The Signature option is held once daily on selected days
This activity involves alcohol tasting and is for adults only
Easy cancellation
Cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund
