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
Established in 2019 by Rob and Kelly Carpenter alongside former Macallan master distiller David Robertson, Holyrood Distillery marked the return of single malt whisky distillation to central Edinburgh after nearly a century of absence. Housed within a restored 1830s railway goods shed beneath Arthur's Seat in the Lowlands, Holyrood operates with an innovative, flavor-first distilling ethos deeply informed by Edinburgh's historic brewing heritage. Rather than conforming to traditional regional conventions, the distillery experiments extensively with diverse malt varieties—including heirloom, chocolate, and crystal barleys—along with an array of specialty brewing, wine, and sake yeast strains. Utilizing washbacks with extended fermentations and tall copper pot stills, Holyrood captures distinct ester and phenolic profiles before aging spirit in meticulously selected casks. Benchmark expressions include their inaugural single malts Arrival, Ambir, and Embra, alongside singular single-cask trials showcasing red wine, sake yeast, and peated variants.
🍇 Base Material
Malted Barley 100%