Height of Arrows
⏳ Drinking Window
As a distilled spirit, it does not age in the bottle and is ready to be enjoyed immediately upon release.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Smoked salmon, raw oysters, charcuterie
✨ Technical Specifications
Height of Arrows is a custom-crafted gin from Edinburgh's Holyrood Distillery, named after the literal translation of 'Àrd-Na-Said', the Gaelic name for Arthur's Seat which looms over the distillery. Rejecting the modern trend of multi-botanical complexity, Holyrood took a minimalist, whisky-maker's approach to this spirit. It focuses almost entirely on the core botanical of gin: juniper. To elevate this singular focus, they employ just two other ingredients—beeswax and sea salt—to add a rich, velvety mouthfeel and a subtle, savory depth. This innovative technique mirrors the way a pinch of salt enhances food, resulting in a gin of remarkable texture, purity, and structural elegance.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 2019 by Rob and Kelly Carpenter alongside former Macallan master distiller David Robertson, Holyrood Distillery marked the return of single malt whisky distillation to central Edinburgh after nearly a century of absence. Housed within a restored 1830s railway goods shed beneath Arthur's Seat in the Lowlands, Holyrood operates with an innovative, flavor-first distilling ethos deeply informed by Edinburgh's historic brewing heritage. Rather than conforming to traditional regional conventions, the distillery experiments extensively with diverse malt varieties—including heirloom, chocolate, and crystal barleys—along with an array of specialty brewing, wine, and sake yeast strains. Utilizing washbacks with extended fermentations and tall copper pot stills, Holyrood captures distinct ester and phenolic profiles before aging spirit in meticulously selected casks. Benchmark expressions include their inaugural single malts Arrival, Ambir, and Embra, alongside singular single-cask trials showcasing red wine, sake yeast, and peated variants.
🍷 ABV
43%