Scotland · GIN TASTINGS IN EDINBURGH
The 13 best gin tastings in Edinburgh you can book right now, with what each costs, how long it runs and who it suits. Number one is top for a reason; start there.
One-hour Holyrood Distillery tour in Edinburgh with gin and single-malt tastings, friendly guides, and a shop to take home.
“It´s an excellent experience to learn about this distillery products and the process to make it, it´s also easy to arrive.”
Visit a working South Loch gin distillery in Edinburgh for a guided gin-and-tonic start, three tastings, and a cocktail finish.
“Entertaining, informative and enjoyable visit. The host was great and the gin excellent. Would recommended to any gin lover.”
Lind and Lime Gin Distillery tour in Edinburgh, Leith. Get a double G&T, bottle a mini gin, and finish with a Gimlet.
“Thoroughly enjoyable experience with tour delivered by the very knowledgeable & humorous Annabelle. It was good to hear the history of the product and the production in a friendly relaxed atmosphere. It was fun bottling our own miniature and the gimlet cocktail was delicious.”
Make gin at a micro distillery in Edinburgh, designing your own recipe on a mini copper still and taking home a 500ml bottle.
“We spent a few hours learning all about gin and Gary made sure our personalized gin suited our tastes. He made it very easy and fun and we had great souvenirs to take home.”
Edinburgh Gin Classic Tour and Tasting in Old Town. Flavour Arch aromas, Stillhouse distillation, and a guided gin tasting with mixer and garnish pairings.
“Rosie was fantastic. She was very knowledgeable and personable. She made the tour fun with stories and anecdotes. You must have cocktails in the rooftop bar also. One cocktail was better than the other. The mixologist was outstanding as well as Rosie 2.0.”
Underground gin tasting in Edinburgh’s Lost Close. Learn gin history and sample 4 Scottish gins in a 1-hour small-group tour.
“Our guide was informative and entertaining and I would recommend that if you like gin you should take this tour”
Craft bespoke gin at Edinburgh Gin Distillery in The Arches, enjoy tutored tastings with local bites, and take home a 70cl bottle.
“What a great experience! It was a small group sat at the bar learning, making, laughing, and DRINKING! I'm officially now a Gin Drinker. Thank you, Gregor, and Samrin, for an incredible birthday gift!!”
Small-group Pickering’s Gin tour at Summerhall: tour, taste 4 core gins, and wax-seal a 5cl bottle to take home.
“We can’t remember the woman’s name, apologies, however the American woman was such a lovely and informative person and would highly recommend this to anyone, she made us feel very welcome and was lovely to talk to. This is definitely a great activity for couples and would highly recommend. I would definitely come back.”
Small-group gin tasting in Edinburgh with a classic G&T, three distinct gins, and a hands-on perfect serve at Heads & Tales Gin Bar.
“Excellent Eden Mills Gin tasting! Olivia was very friendly and knowledgeable. I’ll also say it was a great value. Welcome cocktail, 3 different gins and then a closing cocktail of your choice. Plus the location was super cool. Highly recommend!”
Smell, taste, and build a take-home garnish at Edinburgh Gin’s Aroma Alchemy masterclass, with a guided tasting plus rooftop G and T.
“Great place with tasty gin, Gregor is the best, he can show you how it is made, and tell u the story about this place, i recommend it”
A 3-hour private Edinburgh walking gin tour with a local guide, independent distilleries, and 4 gin tastings plus Scottish history stops.
“Michael had a very good historical knowledge of Edinburgh and took us through some beautiful buildings. We had unique gins. I would highly recommend this tour.”
Taste Edinburgh Gin with four cocktail-and-cheese pairings, tour the distillery, and shake your own drink in a small group.
“Had an amazing sip and savour experience with my wife. Gregor did the initial tour - very polite, very passionate, talking us through the history and process for making edinburgh gin. Sam joined Gregor for the making and tasting afterwards - Read more”
A 60-minute underground Edinburgh tour with a changing whisky or gin dram and stories in the bank vault and Lost Close.
“This was a great way to learn more about Scotland’s whisky regions in a small group and cool setting. Our guide was so passionate about Scotland and because there were 2 of us in the tasting really tailored the experience to questions we had - with a little side tangent about gin too. Would highly recommend.”
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