Holyrood Distillery: Whisky and Gin Tour

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: 24 hours
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…

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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268debbyc
Jan 11, 2025
Interesting and we enjoyed the visit. - Visited here with my adult sons, knowing very very little about whisky and left a couple of hours later having learned a lot! Really interesting and informative. Had a drink in their bar before the tour, where they had a huge selection of less mainstream whiskies on a menu that gave taste-notes for each. Friendly barman was happy to explain what we were choosing (and chat football to my son). Tour itself gave us so much information about the distillery itself, as well as their products and a couple of tasters (and a welcome drink too). Answered questions and was approachable. Nice shop and everyone was really helpful.
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Maps69392
Jan 1, 2025
Great whisky and gin tasting tour - We enjoyed this informative tour about the gin and whisky making processes. The tastings were a bonus. Would definitely recommend.
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X4954zckerrym
Dec 12, 2024
Holyrood Distillery Whisky and Gin Tasting tour - What a wonderful place to visit. We arrived to a very warm welcome on a cold winter day. The tour started on time and we got to sample a whiskey cocktail, gin and another whiskey at the end. It was really informative and we were able to visit all parts of the distillery and the process of making the products. At the end we needed to get a taxi and the staff kindly called one for us making the whole morning an enjoyable experience. We were also able to purchase some whisky from the Shop as a great Christmas present. Thank you. Would recommend everyone to visit. We will definitely back.
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June
Dec 9, 2024
Best Whisky Tour in Edinburgh - This was entertaining and informative and excellent value for money. The 6 of us thoroughly enjoyed this and would recommend it to everyone.
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Serenella
Dec 3, 2024
A real distillery! - Really interesting visit, although all in English the explanation was very understandable and simple. Ms. Thais was a very helpful guide.
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Shirleeym2020
Nov 28, 2024
Top - Thai explains very well, she speaks clearly and not too quickly so “easy” to understand for a French woman in the middle of an English group, activity to do, very interesting!
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Robert
Nov 27, 2024
Great local whiskey & gin tour - Fantastic private tour. Neil was a great tour guide. Very informative and fun! In addition to the great tour the whiskey and gin were delicious too! Highly recommend this tour
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Jimgu8631jt
Nov 25, 2024
Excellent tour - Great tour. Very informative and interesting. Our female tour guide ( sorry I can’t remember your name ) was super friendly and passionate about what they do. The samples we tried were fabulous. We went for the gin side of the tour but the whisky we tried was extremely smooth. I am not a whisky drinker so I was surprised how much I enjoyed their produce. Don’t look any further for a tour. Book this place.
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Epp236
Nov 18, 2024
Fun and Engaging Tour with Bryce - We took the 1 hour tour and couldn’t recommend it more! It stood out from the usual distillery tour because our host, Bryce, was young, knowledgeable, and passionate about their products. He also had a good sense of humor as well. He kept things interesting, answered all questions, provided a number of samples, and then deposited us in their cozy bar at the end of the tour. I’m not even a Whisky fan, my husband is, and I will be recommending this tour to all my friends!
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Valpeters64
Dec 18, 2024
Worth a visit - Loved this tour. Our tour guide, Matthew, kept us interested with his info all the way through. Loved the Whiskey and especially loved the gin.
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