Single Malt Pinnacle Yeast 'Full Cask' No 582
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As a distilled spirit, this single malt is bottled at its peak maturity and does not age further in the bottle; it can be enjoyed immediately upon release or savored over many years.
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dark chocolate, blue cheese, smoked salmon
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Holyrood Distillery's experimental ethos is beautifully captured in their yeast trial releases, such as those utilizing Pinnacle yeast. Located in Edinburgh, a city with a rich but long-dormant distilling history, Holyrood bypasses traditional Lowland conventions. Instead of light and grassy spirits, they explore how different yeast strains, specialty malts, and heritage barleys influence flavor. The Pinnacle yeast trials focus on how this specific distilling yeast interacts with their wort to produce distinct ester profiles, resulting in a spirit with remarkable depth, fruitiness, and complexity. Cask No 582 represents a singular snapshot of this innovative liquid journey, matured in a hand-selected cask that highlights the distillery's flavor-first philosophy.
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Established in 2019 by founders Rob Carpenter and David Robertson, Holyrood Distillery marked the historic return of single malt whisky production to the heart of Edinburgh after nearly a century. Located in a restored 180-year-old railway transit building in the Lowlands, the distillery rejects traditional production constraints in favor of a flavor-forward philosophy. Holyrood is renowned for its experimental use of heritage barley varieties like Golden Promise, specialty roasted malts, and diverse beer yeasts, creating highly complex spirits. Their signature single malt whiskies, often matured in first-fill Oloroso sherry hogsheads, showcase a rich, robust character that redefines modern Lowland distilling.