Sustainability leader in the Scotch whisky industry Nc’nean joins forces with Cask 88 to take over their tiny pop-up bar in its last week at the Edinburgh Festivals.

At the start of the month, Cask 88 opened the World’s Smallest Whisky Bar in one of Edinburgh’s classical police boxes. This is Cask 88’s first pop up bar offering Edinburgh wanderers the chance to try a range of their whiskies, free of charge. Now, in its last week operating as a free sampling experience, Cask 88 have teamed up with Nc’nean distillery to have them takeover the bar for one day only - Wednesday the 24th of August.

Nc’nean distillery, located near Drimnin on the North West Coast of Scotland, is Scotland’s leading environmental distillery. Verified as the country’s first first net zero whisky distillery for scopes one and two, it uses 100% organic Scottish barley and the distillery is powered by 100% renewable energy. With sustainability at the core of its foundation, B Corp certified Nc’Nean began distilling in 2017 and launched their first organic single malt scotch whisky in 2020.

Founder and CEO of Nc’nean, Annabel Thomas, said: “We are really excited to be taking over Cask 88’s World’s Smallest Whisky Bar this Wednesday. As a small, independent brand ourselves, it feels like it’s just meant to be. We will be serving up tasters of our Organic Single Malt Scotch for those on the lookout for something light, easy-going and, most of all, better for the planet.”

Head of Sales at Cask 88, Carl Johnstone, said: “As real innovators in the whisky industry, Nc’nean are the ideal candidates to take over our tiny whisky bar in its final week of operation. Throughout all the fun of our whisky bar we’ve had sustainability at the forefront of our minds, from being fully paperless to our zero waste edible cups. We’re so excited to introduce visitors to their pioneering sustainable approach and of course, their delicious single malt.”

Nc’nean will operate the World’s Smallest Whisky Bar between 12 noon- 7pm on Wednesday. No booking is required. The bar is located on Princes Street, sitting snugly on the corner of Hope Street and Shandwick Place.

After the takeover, the bar will once again be run by Cask 88 and remain open between Thursday 25th- Sunday 28th (12pm-7pm). Visitors can book through Eventbrite for the remaining days of the pop up event to try Cask 88’s single malts.