Holyrood distillery

Holyrood distillery is a distillery in Edinburgh, Scotland. It opened in 2019 as the first new distillery in the city in nearly one hundred years. The distillery building was once the Goods shed building of St Leonards railway station.^[1][2][3]

Holyrood distillery

Region: Lowland
Location	Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Coordinates	55.9432°N 3.1776°W / 55.9432; -3.1776
Founded	2019; 6 years ago (2019)
Status	Operational
No. of stills	1 wash still 1 spirit still
Capacity	53,000 L
Website	holyrooddistillery.co.uk
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Holyrood

The company produces Scotch whisky and gin.^[4] Whisky production has experimented with heirloom varieties of barley.^[5]

In May 2023, was voted the fourth best gin distillery in the UK by the South Western Railway.^[6]

In October 2023, Holyrood Distillery released its first single malt whisky.^[7] The distillery's second single malt whisky and its first whisky with smoky notes followed in 2024.^[8] A year later, the distillery was honoured as ‘Distiller of the Year’ at the World Whiskies Awards in London and released its next whisky, ‘Pitch’.^[9]

See also

• Scotch whisky
• Lowland single malts