Leith, Edinburgh's port, was long a centre for storing, blending and bottling Scotch whisky; at one point it is said to have had about a hundred bonded warehouses. Independent bottlers and a new distillery on the quay keep the trade in the city. 2 places, chosen by Liv and checked by the editors.
Old Town
The Canongate shop of William Cadenhead, an independent bottler established in 1842 that calls itself Scotland's oldest. Its whiskies, many of them single-cask bottlings, have no added colour and are never chill-filtered. Its other shops are in Campbeltown and London.
LivNo colour added, no chill-filtering. Each bottle keeps its own cask colour.
Leith
The UK's first vertical distillery, built on the quay at the Port of Leith. Tours are booked in advance and end with a tasting (18+).
LivA stacked distillery on the old bonded-warehouse quay. Look up at it from the water.
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