Holyrood New Make

In 2019, Holyrood opened as Edinburgh's first city-centre distillery in almost a hundred years, just a stone's throw from Holyrood Palace. This is whisky built in a capital city, not tucked away in the countryside, where modern technique meets classic craft. A sign that Scotch whisky can still find new homes.

Holyrood Brewers Series NM03 Chocolate Malt New Make 50 cl 60%

Item no.: 059763-615-1086

NM03 is the third release in Brewer's Series of New Makes, from Holyrood Distillery.

NM03 is their second iteration that uses a specialty malt to explore how they affect their spirit's flavour. NM03 utilises Chocolate Malt, which is a heavily toasted malt, adding dark, cocoa rich chocolate, flavours to this New Make. For the same reason, Chocolate Malt is traditionally used for the Brewing of dark beers, porters and stouts.

Distillery: Holyrood Distillery
Name: Chocolate Malt
Series: Brewer's Series
Type: New Make
Alc. strength: 60 %
50 cl.
1pcs.
50,75EUR
Holyrood Brewers Series NM04 Made By Edinburgh New Make 50 cl 60%

Item no.: 059763-615-1087

NM04 is the fourth release in Brewer's Series of New Makes, from Holyrood Distillery.

NM04 - Made by Edinburgh is the culmination of our extensive exploration of heritage beer yeasts and specialty malts. In creating this unique New Make, they combined their learnings from their previous releases in the Brewer's Series. Edinburgh ale yeast, with a mash bill recipe inspired by an 80 Shilling Ale recipe; a combination of distilling malt and two specialty malts; Crystal Malt, and Chocolate Malt.

Distillery: Holyrood Distillery
Name: Made By Edinburgh
Series: Brewer's Series
Type: New Make
Alc. strength: 60 %
50 cl.
1pcs.
50,75EUR

About Holyrood

Holyrood Distillery is Edinburgh's first city distillery in almost a century, founded in 2019 close to Holyrood Palace. For newcomers it's an accessible, modern entry into Scotch single malt and gin; for collectors it's notable as one of Scotland's youngest distilleries, with its earliest releases only recently reaching the market.

History & Background

Founders David Robertson and Rob Carpenter, both with backgrounds at major whisky houses, wanted to bring distilling back to a city that historically housed over a dozen distilleries but had not had a single one in more than 150 years. The distillery was partly financed through crowdfunding, giving ordinary whisky enthusiasts the chance to become part-owners.

Production & Style

The distillery deliberately experiments with different yeast strains and malt varieties to create a broad spectrum of flavour profiles from the same distillate, an approach setting it apart from many traditional distilleries.

Signature Style

Experimental, Fruity, Urban
Fruity esters and a light grain sweetness show the distillery's experimental approach – a whisky still finding its final identity.

Facts

Distillery	Holyrood
Founded	2019
Region	Lowland/Edinburgh
Owner	Holyrood Distillery Ltd
Country	Scotland
Pronounced	HOL-i-rood
Official website	holyrooddistillery.co.uk

Did You Know?

Edinburgh once housed more than a dozen whisky distilleries, but Holyrood was, in 2019, the first to open in the city in over 150 years.

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