Holyrood Distillery

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Holyrood Distillery
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Region: Lowland
Location Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Coordinates 55°56′36″N3°10′39″W / 55.9432°N 3.1776°W / 55.9432; -3.1776
Founded2019;5 years ago (2019)
StatusOperational
No. of stills1 wash still
1 spirit still
Capacity53,000 L
Website holyrooddistillery.co.uk
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Holyrood

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 building of St Leonards railway station. [1] [2] [3]

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]

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