They believe in stripping back gin to its core essential, juniper, and only focusing on a select few botanicals. I was fortunate enough to be sent this bottle as well as the "Bright" version in exchange for unbiased reviews on the vine program.

On the nose, a balance of clean fresh pine and resin coupled with light citrus with orange zest and lemon on the palate. This same mind set has been applied to Height of Arrows, a gin that showcases juniper as its singular botanical, enhanced with two modifiers, salt and beeswax. It demonstrates the influence of our iterative, holistic approach, who we are as distillers, and where we are going as whisky makers. As such, Height of Arrows Gin brings it all back to juniper, the core gin botanical, for a drinking experience that is focussed and fantastic. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.

All of the Height of Arrows iterations contain one botanical; juniper, which creates an abundance of complex flavours. The three flagship Height of Arrows expressions are all designed to showcase the complex flavour that juniper can bring. Taking inspiration from the brewing heritage of Scotland’s capital, the distillery base all their spirits around their ‘whisky mindset’.

I really enjoy Holyrood Distillery products and I was excited to see they had released a few new gins. Finish - Initially oily and mouth coating with juicy and rich orange zest and lemon pith then a bold emergence of black pepper and cardamom, tempered with tapered herbaceous smoothness. Standing at 251m, the height of Arthur’s Seat is said to be the furthest distance an archer could shoot a bow. We use Isle of Skye sea salt to add a rich depth to the juniper flavour, and natural beeswax to create a uniquely smooth and oily texture to our gin. Just like when cooking this intensifies the flavour profile which has then been sweetened to remove any bitterness.Whisky’s vast array of flavours rely on distillers’ expertise in using just three ingredients, water, malted barley and yeast.

Please always read the labels, warnings, and directions provided with the product before using or consuming a product. followed by the smooth Isle of Skye sea salt in the finish but it’s the Beeswax that sold it for me! In doing so the flavour profile, distinctive texture and mouth feel of Height of Arrows is evocative of a whisky drinking experience, which will appeal to more discerning audiences as well as the current crop of gin drinkers. The challenge for us when making Height of Arrows was whether we could make a gin with a whisky maker's mindset.

With the people that were less keen on this one we offered to add some fruit juice of their choice and most seemed to feel this made it a lot better, softening the botanicals which were still strong enough to come through. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. It helps us understand the number of visitors, where the visitors are coming from, and the pages they navigate.