Single Malt 1st Fill Oloroso Hogshead Golden Promise Barley 'Full Cask' No 228
⏳ Drinking Window
As a premium single malt whisky, it is bottled ready to drink and will remain in peak condition indefinitely when stored properly.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Dark chocolate, blue cheese, roasted venison
✨ Technical Specifications
Holyrood Distillery's 'Full Cask' series represents a bold renaissance of Edinburgh's distilling heritage, which had lain dormant for nearly a century before the distillery's founding. This release highlights the use of Golden Promise barley—a legendary, low-yielding heritage variety that dominated the Scotch whisky industry in the mid-20th century, prized for its rich, oily, and robust sweet malt character. Distilled in Holyrood's bespoke stills, the spirit is matured entirely in a first-fill Oloroso sherry hogshead. This intense maturation imparts deep notes of dried dark fruits, toasted nuts, baking spices, and a luxurious, resinous oak complexity, marrying the historic Lowland style with bold, experimental craft.
🍾 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.