EDEN MILL DISTILLERY Single Malt 2024 Release

The famous Haig family first founded a distillery at Guardbridge, Fife, in 1810. William Haig, the father of John Haig who founded Cameronbridge, built Seggie Distillery in the village’s Main Street. The distillery remained in operation until 1860, when the Haigs, who were doing a roaring trade with Cameronbridge grain distillery, envisaged a better use for the facility as a paper mill. After 50 years in operation, distilling ceased at Seggie and the site was reopened as the Guard Bridge Paper Mill. At the height of its operation in the 1950s, the paper mill employed some 600 people from the surrounding area and had become a key business in Fife.

In 1967 Curtis Fine Papers became owner of the mill after merging with Guard Bridge Power. The site continued to operate as a paper mill until 2008 when Curtis Fine Papers went into administration, making 180 people redundant.

The site lay empty and disused for two years before it was eventually bought by St Andrews University, which had a view to create a biomass facility that would power new businesses situated on-site.

In 2012 Fife businessman Paul Miller opened Eden Brewery at the site, and after installing an artisan still began producing hopped gin and single malt whisky in 2014. Rebranded as Eden Mill, the site has become the first combined brewery-distillery in Scotland.

The distillery has committed to keeping its whisky output small, filling just eight barrels per week. Eventually its whisky will be available in three different styles: pale malt, chocolate malt and crystal malt, all of which are matured in a variety of cask types. While it waits for the malt spirit to mature, Eden Mill is offering 500ml bottles of its liquid at one and two years old. A select number of bespoke private casks are also available.