Kimbland was a whisky and gin distillery that Sebastian Hadfield-Hyde founded on the Orkney island of Sanday, and it began production in 2020.1,2,3 It made its whisky from bere, an old barley still grown in Orkney.1,4,5 In December 2025 Food Standards Scotland warned people not to drink its products, saying they were made without required safety controls and may pose a risk to health.1,3,6 In 2026 its company went into liquidation, meaning it is closed and what it owns is sold to pay its debts.1,7,8
Kimbland Distillery Ltd was incorporated as a company in August 2017.1,8 Bere is a spring barley with low yields and long, weak straw.1,4,5 The distillery grew its barley on its own land, malted the grain itself and smoked it where needed.4 Its water came from a bore-hole, and the new spirit was filled into casks at the distillery and put in its warehouse.1,4 It reportedly began maturing its first Scotch whisky in casks in 2023.1,2,3
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