Daftmill Whisky Distillery

Daftmill Distillery - one of Scotland's newest and smallest malt whisky distilleries.

Set in the heart of Fife, using their own barley, grown on the Daftmill Farm, and sparkling water from the distilleries artesian well they are set to produce the finest of malt whiskies.

The Cuthbert family have grown malting barley in the Howe of Fife for six generations. Daftmill is a family farm where, besides distilling whisky, they grow potatoes, malting barley and have a fine herd of beef cattle.

However, with the completion of a new micro-distillery on the farm, the family now hope to capture the spirit of the land in a bottle.

In 2003 Francis and Ian Cuthbert applied for planning permission to turn the old mill buildings, which date back to Napoleonic times, into a distillery. Apart from the copper stills, which were made in Rothes, the owners tried to ensure all the work has been carried out by people within a five mile radius of the farm

 The license to distil was granted by Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs on St Andrews Day 2005 and the first whisky was produced on 16th December 2005, making Daftmill the newest distillery to open in Scotland.

So why the "daft" name?

Because of the local topography the stream appears to run uphill!

So local people called this backward-running burn the "Daft" Burn.

Inevitably, the mill that it powered became known as "Daft Mill".

Please be patient - the whisky is not for sale yet. It is lying quietly maturing in bond.

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