Single Malt Pinnacle Yeast 'Full Cask' No 610
⏳ Drinking Window
As a distilled spirit, this does not age in the bottle and can be enjoyed indefinitely; once opened, it is best consumed within 1 to 2 years to preserve its vibrant aromatics.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Smoked salmon, mature Cheddar cheese, dark chocolate truffles
✨ Technical Specifications
Holyrood Distillery, located in the heart of Edinburgh, represents a bold renaissance of urban distilling in the Lowlands. This experimental release highlights their fascination with the impact of yeast on flavor development—a variable often ignored in industrial whisky production. By utilizing Pinnacle yeast, a strain celebrated for its ability to yield clean, ester-rich, and fruit-forward profiles, Holyrood coaxes vibrant orchard fruit and delicate floral notes from the malted barley. Matured in a single selected cask, this expression showcases the distillery's philosophy of prioritizing flavor over efficiency, marrying Edinburgh's rich brewing heritage with modern distilling innovation.
🍾 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
Malted Barley