Single Malt Peated 1st Fill Bourbon Barrel 'Full Cask' No 635
⏳ Drikkevindue
Enjoyable immediately upon release; once bottled, it does not mature further and can be savored over many years.
🍽️ Mad & Vin-match
Smoked blue cheese, slow-roasted barbecue pork belly, dark chocolate fondant
✨ Tekniske specifikationer
Holyrood Distillery's 'Full Cask' series represents a bold, modern exploration of Lowland single malt whisky, bringing distilling back to Edinburgh's historic heart. This peated expression, matured in a first-fill bourbon barrel, showcases the distillery's innovative spirit. While Lowland whiskies are traditionally known for being light, grassy, and unpeated, Holyrood challenges these conventions by introducing heavily peated malted barley into their mash bills. The use of a first-fill bourbon cask infuses the smoky, phenolic spirit with rich layers of vanilla, toasted coconut, and sweet caramel, creating a dramatic tension between coastal peat smoke and sweet American oak. This represents an exciting chapter in Edinburgh's rich brewing and distilling heritage, which dates back centuries to the monastic breweries of Holyrood Abbey.
🍾 Om vinhuset / producenten
Holyrood Distillery blev grundlagt i 2019 af Rob og Kelly Carpenter i samarbejde med den tidligere Macallan-masterdistiller David Robertson. Etableringen markerede en historisk milepæl, da produktionen af single malt whisky dermed vendte tilbage til det centrale Edinburgh efter næsten et århundredes fravær. Destilleriet har til huse i en ombygget jernbanebygning fra 1830'erne, klos op ad Holyrood Park i det skotske Lowlands, og drives ud fra en progressiv filosofi, hvor smagen altid er i absolut centrum. Holyrood udfordrer de traditionelle rammer gennem dybdegående eksperimenter med historiske og særlige bygsorter som Golden Promise, alsidige gærtyper og nøje skræddersyede fadlagringer. Ud over at skabe nuancerede og komplekse single malt-whiskyer er det innovative mikrodestilleri også anerkendt for sine karakterfulde, håndværksmæssige gin, rom og botaniske spiritusser.