Single Malt Red Wine Yeast 'Full Cask' No 2038
⏳ Drinking Window
As a distilled spirit, this bottle is ready to enjoy upon release and will remain stable indefinitely when stored properly.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Dark chocolate, roasted venison, mature blue cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
Representing a bold, flavor-first revolution in Edinburgh's distilling renaissance, this experimental single malt from Holyrood Distillery showcases the profound impact of fermentation on spirit character. Rejecting the industry-standard distillers' yeast, Holyrood utilized a specialized red wine yeast strain to ferment their malted barley wash. This innovative technique coaxes out an extraordinarily vibrant bouquet of red berry, cherry, and stone fruit esters before the spirit is laid down to mature. Cask No 2038 represents a singular snapshot of this boundary-pushing philosophy, capturing a rich, texturally complex Lowland single malt that beautifully bridges the worlds of winemaking and traditional Scottish distilling.
🍾 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 100%