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
Founded in 2019 by Rob and Kelly Carpenter alongside former Macallan master distiller David Robertson, Holyrood Distillery marked the historic return of single malt whisky distilling to the center of Edinburgh after nearly a century. Situated in a converted 1830s railway goods building adjacent to Holyrood Park in Scotland's Lowlands, the distillery embraces a progressive, flavor-led production philosophy. Driven by extensive experimentation with specialty and heritage barley varieties like Golden Promise, diverse brewing yeasts, and tailored cask regimens, Holyrood pushes traditional boundaries. In addition to producing nuanced, complex single malt whiskies, the craft distillery is celebrated for its distinctive artisanal gins, rums, and innovative botanical spirits.