Yorkshire's first whisky distillery shortlisted for a regional drink award
The team at Yorkshire's first Whisky Distillery is celebrating after reaching the final of a prestigious regional food and drink business award.
Hunmanby based Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery has been shortlisted in the ‘Quench' category in the third annual Garbutt and Elliott Food and Drink Business Awards that celebrate Yorkshire's burgeoning food and drink sector from growers and manufacturers to leisure and hospitality businesses.
Spirit of Yorkshire's Co-Founder and Director, David Thompson is delighted with the news: "The ‘Quench' category celebrates the best drinks in the region and, as a young business producing Yorkshire's first whisky, Filey Bay, we're very proud to take our place alongside established businesses and put North Yorkshire on the English whisky making map."
Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery faces competition in the final from family run North Yorkshire vineyard, Dunesforde; Yorkshire Wolds Apple Juice; York based Sloemotion and cold brew tea and coffee producer, Fitch . The winners will be announced at an event in the Parade Ring Restaurant at York Racecourse on 30th April.
Spirit of Yorkshire was launched in 2016 and is a collaboration between farmer and brewer, Tom Mellor from Wold Top Brewery and business partner, David Thompson. The distillery is a true field to bottle setup and boasts some of the most impressive distilling equipment in the country, including two of the largest Forsyth pot stills operating in the UK outside of Scotland. It is the only distillery operating in the UK that grows all of its own barley for its whisky production.
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Photo: MD and Co-Founder David Thompson
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Notes to editors
- For more information about Spirit of Yorkshire, please visit https://www.spiritofyorkshire.com/
- For more information about the Garbutt+Elliott Food + Drink Business Awards, please visit http://www.garbutt-elliott.co.uk/food-awards/
- The Distillery and Pot Still Coffee Shop are open 7 days a week; 9.30am-5pm, Monday-Saturday and 10am-3pm on a Sunday. Tours run daily all year round at the following times...Monday-Saturday; 10am, 12pm, 2pm and 4pm. Sunday; 12pm and 2pm. Booking is advisable by calling 01723 891758.