Overview
Tickle your tastebuds with a tour of the Lind & Lime Tour gin distillery in Edinburgh!
Your tour will take place in a working distillery, within the actual production area. During your visit, you’ll receive a welcome Lind & Lime G&T, hear about the history of this excellent gin and its links to the history of Leith.
You’ll hear how Lind & Lime gin is made, and get hands-on with the botanicals used to craft its signature flavor. Learn how the giant still operates. Once you’re an expert, you’ll get to bottle and label your own miniature bottle to take home.
The tour ends with a cocktail-making session, where your expert guide will demonstrate how to make the perfect Gimlet, then have a go at yourself and sit back and enjoy the fruits of your labor!
Finish off with a port and sherry tasting in the Leith Export Company shop afterwards.
What's included
FAQ
Your experience includes a guided visit to a working Lind & Lime gin distillery in the Edinburgh production area, a welcome Lind & Lime G&T, an explanation of the gin’s history and its links to Leith, and a hands-on session with the botanicals used for its signature flavor. You’ll also learn how the giant still operates, bottle and label your own miniature gin bottle to take home, and finish with a guided cocktail-making session where you’ll make a Gimlet. The tour concludes with port and sherry tasting at the Leith Export Company shop afterward.
The tour duration is approximately 1 hour 15 minutes. This includes time for the guided distillery experience, the botanical activity, bottling and labeling your mini bottle, the Gimlet-making session, and the tasting portion that follows afterwards.
Yes. The tour is designed to be informative and fun for all experience levels. You’ll receive clear explanations from your expert guide about how Lind & Lime gin is produced, how the still works, and how the botanicals contribute to the final flavor. The bottling/labeling and cocktail-making steps are also guided so you can join in confidently, even if it’s your first time.
Yes. A key part of the experience is a hands-on session where you bottle and label your own miniature Lind & Lime gin bottle. Your guide will show you what to do, then you can take your labeled bottle home as a keepsake from the tour.
You’ll start with a welcome Lind & Lime G&T, then take part in making and enjoying a Gimlet during the cocktail session. After the tour, you’ll finish with a port and sherry tasting in the Leith Export Company shop. Please note that alcohol is included as part of the tasting and cocktail activities.
