Single Malt Peated 1st Fill Bourbon Barrel 'Full Cask' No 639
⏳ Drikkevindue
Ready to enjoy upon release; does not mature further in the bottle and will keep indefinitely when stored upright away from direct sunlight.
🍽️ Mad & Vin-match
Blue cheese, smoked salmon, dark chocolate
✨ Tekniske specifikationer
Representing a bold departure from the historically light, grassy, and unpeated style of the Scottish Lowlands, this single malt from Edinburgh's Holyrood Distillery showcases the exciting frontier of modern urban distilling. Housed in a restored 180-year-old railway transit building, Holyrood pays homage to Edinburgh's rich distilling heritage—which had lay dormant for nearly a century—while actively defying tradition. This peated expression, drawn from a single first-fill Bourbon barrel (Cask No 639), marries the intense, earthy, and medicinal smoke of peated malt with the sweet, creamy vanilla, coconut, and toasted oak characteristics native to fresh American oak. The result is a complex, robust spirit that redefines what a Lowland single malt can be, combining historic location with contemporary, flavor-first distilling philosophies.
🍾 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.
🍇 Base Ingredient
Malted Barley