Edinburgh: Holyrood Distillery Whisky and Gin Tour & Tasting

Embark on a guided tour of Holyrood Distillery and delve into the fascinating world of gin and whisky production. Discover Edinburgh’s brewing and distilling heritage while enjoying spirit samples and exploring our innovative facilities.

Duration: 1 hour
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Holyrood Distillery - Holyrood Distillery is an exciting new attraction and single malt whisky distillery in the heart of Edinburgh. It includes a guided experiential tour, a gin distillery, a whisky distillery, a tasting bar and shop.
What's Included
  • Alcoholic Beverages included
Additional Information

Join us for our classic tour - the perfect introduction to Holyrood Distillery!

Sip on a seasonal cocktail as your guide welcomes you to the distillery. Let us introduce you to our story as we put Edinburgh back onto the whisky map as the city’s first single malt distillery for over a hundred years.

Alongside a sample of our classic expression, learn about how we apply our whisky-making ethos to create our award-winning Height of Arrows Gin with just 3 ingredients.

In our whisky distillery, watch our washbacks foaming and our copper stills bubbling as your guide highlights the different stages of scotch production. From heritage and speciality malts to alternative yeasts, find out more about what we do differently to create exciting and innovative flavours for our single malts.

Following a tutored tasting of our single malt whisky, delve deeper into our methods of flavour creation through our careful selection of seasoned oak barrels from around the world.

Location
Holyrood Distillery
Saint Leonard's Lane
Please check in for your tour at the Distillery Shop
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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686charlest
Aug 27, 2024
A Great way to spend a few hours on a Saturday afternoon - What a fun time we had at Holyrood! The tour and talk was interesting and engaging then of course the tasting was great as well.
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Cheryl
Aug 22, 2024
Great experience - Great experience away from the hustle and bustle of Edinburgh City Centre. Well worth the walk to learn about the workings of this independent distillery. Henry, our guide, was impressively knowledgeable, and talked you through what you were tasting. Thank you!!
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B8550jhjulienl
Aug 13, 2024
Very interesting - Thank you to Guy who offered us a very interesting and informative visit. The app to follow the visit in French is a good idea for people who are not fluent in English
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570nolat
Aug 13, 2024
Great whiskey and gin experience. - The whole experience was excellent, we paid a little extra for the 2 enhanced tasting flight tickets. Which was more than worth it in our opinion. From the moment we walked in you are given a very warm welcome. Henry was our guide, his knowledge of the gin and whisky distilling made the whole tour very interesting and will answer any questions you have. The samples are great and we completed the tour with the 4 extras in the bar with nibbles. The barman’s take on an old fashioned is the best we’ve ever tasted! Highly recommend we had a brilliant and very memorable afternoon. Also a visit to the shop is well worth it too.
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H6405qrjanep
Aug 12, 2024
Great visit, knowledgeable and fun team - Fantastic visit to the distillery. Henry was lovely: welcoming, enthusiastic, knowledgeable and great fun. Explained the processes clearly and gave us plenty of time to look around. Great well-stocked shop where we tried several different tipples and splashed out on a few treats to bring home!
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Daisyds253im
Aug 9, 2024
Gin and whisky tour - A very informative tour of gin and whisky overall. Neill our guide knew his stuff and was passionate about the whisky and gin making process. There was no one else on our tour so felt like a nice private tasting where we could ask as many questions as we’d like. Would highly recommend. Exceeded our expectations.
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Cornelia_l
Aug 2, 2024
Good experience - It was an interesting experience. My husband enjoyed very much the testing part. Our tour guide was knowledgeable and answered all our questions.
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Christinec5251
Aug 1, 2024
Highly recommended - It is highly recommended. This is our first whisky and gin-tasting tour, and it has exceeded my expectations. Greda was our tour speaker. She is excellent and compassionate, and the information she provided was concise.
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Stu991
Jul 30, 2024
Relaxed vibe and informative - Thank you for a lovely tour—we really enjoyed it. It was relaxed and informative, and the gin was an additional treat. I would also recommend the tasting station in the shop afterwards! The guide was really helpful and knowledgeable, and it was nice to learn about the history of the building and the Edinburgh brewing scene.
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622amandinev
Jul 24, 2024
A good introduction to whisky and gin making - Interesting visit to discover the making of whisky and gin, which allowed us to taste a couple of drinks. Holyrood distillery is a young enterprise which has to be discovered!
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