Single Malt 1st Fill Oloroso Hogshead Golden Promise Barley 'Full Cask' No 232
⏳ Drinking Window
As a high-proof distilled spirit, this bottle is highly stable and can be enjoyed immediately or cellared indefinitely.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
dark chocolate, blue cheese, roasted venison
✨ Technical Specifications
Holyrood Distillery's Single Malt 'Full Cask' No 232 represents a bold, flavor-first renaissance in Edinburgh's distilling history. Utilizing Golden Promise—a legendary, low-yielding heritage barley variety that dominated the Scotch whisky industry in the 1970s before being largely abandoned for higher-yielding modern hybrids—this spirit revives a rich, oilier, and deeply cereal-forward profile. Distilled in the heart of the Lowlands, this single cask release was matured exclusively in a first-fill Oloroso sherry hogshead. The wood imparts a dramatic, dark-fruit intensity, weaving notes of toasted nuts, baking spices, and dried figs into the robust, malty backbone of the Golden Promise spirit. It stands as a testament to Edinburgh's historic brewing and distilling heritage, marrying old-world agricultural traditions with modern, experimental wood management.
🍾 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.
🍇 Base Ingredient
Golden Promise Barley