single malt release #4
Think chocolate and hazelnuts from the malt, with the yeast specially selected to boost the chocolate notes giving it a richer flavour. The chocolatey spirit is then matured in Oloroso casks dialling up nutty notes. It’s like being chased by a fruit and nut bar determined to give you a giant hug.
TASTING NOTES
Aye. It’s nuts…
nose
Cacao, blackcurrant, honey.
PALATE
Sweet and rich with stewed red fruit and spicy green peppers.
FINISH
Hints of coffee, raisins and oak
spice.
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SCOTCH POT STILL
Distillers Malt
84.0%
Brown malt
Brewers Malt
16.0%
yeast
Pinnacle MG+
Distillers Yeast
72.0%
Toro Nero
Wine Yeast
14.0%
Pepe Nero
Wine Yeast
14.0%
maturation
Oloroso Hogshead
100.0%
Brewing heart, whisky soul
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“At Holyrood, we push the boundaries of traditional whisky making. While others tend to use more traditional yeasts and malts, we like to do something a little bit different. For Pitch, we have paired Scotch Pot Still Malt and Brown Malt – most commonly used in dark porter beers – and ‘pitched’ two yeasts that are typically used when making red wine, Pepe Nero and Toro Nero.
Pitch is the final release in The Founding Series that aims to debunk the age-old notion that 80% of the flavour comes from the cask. At Holyrood we want to highlight what and how much malt and yeast can bring to the party.”
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New Make is the first stage of making whisky, and comes straight off of the still. It is unaged and so cannot legally be called Scotch Whisky, but it is the spirit that is put into our barrels for maturation, to become Holyrood’s future whisky. Our New Makes offer whisky drinkers the opportunity to experience how flavour is created before any cask influence.
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