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Award winning single malt whisky that's made of Yorkshire. From field to bottle with 100% homegrown barley.

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For us it’s about doing things properly. That’s why we're obsessed with every step of the distilling process, from field to bottle, using 100% homegrown barley.

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OurLatest Blogs

Growing: Last Year’s Barley Comes Home!

Growing

May 16th, 2023

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Distilling: Single Casks 146 & 147 – Looking Back

Distilling

May 12th, 2023

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Growing: Spring Barley 2023 – May Update

Growing

May 10th, 2023

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OurLatest Blogs

Growing: Last Year’s Barley Comes Home!

Growing

May 16th, 2023

Read More

Distilling: Single Casks 146 & 147 – Looking Back

Distilling

May 12th, 2023

Read More

Growing: Spring Barley 2023 – May Update

Growing

May 10th, 2023

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Light, fruity and biscuity with notes of green apple, pear drops, lemon cake and hops, Filey Bay IPA Finish is a delicious dram for a sunny day.
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Filey Bay Double Oak #2 is our latest Special Release. Soft and spicy with flavours of toasted oak, cream soda, fruit gums and hot cross buns.

Primary maturation: ex-bourbon casks
Secondary maturation: virgin oak casks

Available from our website and selected specialist retailers all around the UK and beyond.
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We interrupt your Sunday scrolling to check that you're signed up to our newsletter. There are some big things coming soon and we'd hate for you to miss out! Head to the link in our bio to sign up now.
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Have you met Joe?

Our Whisky Director, Joe Clark, started working at the distillery in September 2016, not long after the first distillations took place. Official employee number 1 (excluding co-founders Dave and Tom), he worked closely with Dr. Jim Swan on our spirit style, recipes and defining how Filey Bay Whisky (at that point, un-named) would taste.

Working in whisky right straight from leaving school, he started at the Whisky Shop in York before heading all over the UK and further afield with the @WhiskyLounge. He's also written a couple of books (though he doesn't like to mention that...!)
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When we spoke with Julia from BBC Radio York yesterday she was taken aback by the time frame... "three years! A big gamble to know that it's going to be good!" And she's right, it was a big gamble.

But Tom, Dave, Joe and Jim all said that if you work as hard as possible to use the best equipment, put the best ingredients in, and invest in great knowledge, then you stand the best chance of getting something great out at the end.
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We’re up with the birds (almost) this morning to talk to Julia from @bbcradioyork about the whisky, the distillery, the farm, and the hows and why’s of making Yorkshire single malt!

Tune in to listen from about now!
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A great day showing Yorkshire food royalty chef Steph Moon around the distillery, farm and brewery. Conversations covered everything from angel's share to getting a flat tyre on the York ring road in fancy dress. We introduced Steph to the delicious joy of whisky straight from the cask and why barley is big, bold and bare, and loves chalky soil (and how you can easily identify it from wheat!).

She'll be cooking and MC'ing at both the @GreatYorkshireShow and the @Yorksdalesfest in July, and we'll be there too. So come and say hi to us, and watch her on stage!
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After an afternoon talking glass and catching up with Verallier (Allied Glass as was), it felt only right to zoom in on the details of the Filey Bay bottle and take a walk down memory lane to the first run of our bespoke bottle back in 2019 (see picture two..one word – hot!).

The glass embossing brings out the wave pattern that flows across all our whiskies and which has been a part of the distillery's identity in some form since we started. From the shapes on the sand to the shapes on the bottle, a hidden phrase underneath and, of course, our mascot, the gannet.
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We work closely with @muntonsmalt and @woldtopbrew (our sister brewery) so that the barley from our farm is ring-fenced for malting. This is how we guarantee that 100% of the malt used for making Filey Bay Whisky comes from our fields and is grown by us.

Today the first loads of barley from harvest 2022 came home (though it’s only been 8 miles away). We have more loads coming over the next few days and soon, it will be used for milling, mashing, brewing and distilling.

Cheers!
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As we write this, there are (literally) a handful of bottles of Filey Bay STR Finish Batch #3 left on the website, and about the same on the shelves in the distillery shop. Batch #4 is already in secondary maturation in STR ex-red wine casks in the warehouse but it won't be ready until later in the summer.

This got us thinking about STR casks and Dr. Jim Swan, who really pioneered their use in whisky. From Tel Aviv to Taiwan, wherever you see those casks mentioned, you know that Jim had a hand, somewhere, in that distillery. What a legacy to hold and that's only a part of why he is so well respected around the world.
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OK so what does STR mean? A question we're asked a lot.

STR is an abbreviation for shaved, toasted and re-charred and usually applies to ex-red wine casks.

In basic terms, this process does exactly what it says on the tin. Once the red wine has been taken from the cask, the inside is shaved by a couple of millimetres. It’s then toasted with a small fire, followed by a more aggressive fire to ‘re-char’ the cask (basically burning the inside).

Without this process on these ex-red wine casks, there would be a huge influence of deep and bold wine flavours. Shaving the oak tones down these bold flavours introducing a more balanced red wine seasoning.

Why then char the casks if shaving them already reduces the flavours?

The process of toasting and charring removes the intense tannins and brings out the sugars and notes of spice that we see in the end product.
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Filey Bay Flagship is the true taste of our distillery character.

Whether you’re new to whisky, or an experienced collector with a well-honed palate, you’ll notice the nuanced and subtle flavours of our ex-Bourbon matured Flagship single malt whisky.

Approachable and welcoming, this is a whisky for everyone and we’ll be growing, distilling and maturing it for as long as you want to enjoy it!
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We're very proud of our email mailing list. We treat it with great respect!

Not too many emails, always with content worth opening and the first place that we announce our latest and most exciting news, including whisky releases, big events and it's also the only place from which you can enter our single cask ballots.

Hopefully most of you following along here are already on the list. But if you're not, then do sign up. We've got some great whisky to talk about in the next few months and we'd hate for you miss out!

(There's a link in our bio that will get you to the sign up page)
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It's Thursday and so time for a look back to Autumn 2021 and the last Single Cask whiskies we released.

#146 and #147 were ex-Oloroso casks from Jerez in Spain. Oloroso sherry is packed full of nutty and rich flavours which really sing when matched with our light and fruity single malt spirit and these two were especially good casks.
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"Casks 146 and 147 were filled in the autumn of 2016. They were filled within the same hour on the same day and have spent much of their time in our warehouse maturing side by side.

We’ve always enjoyed their company, drawing the occasional sample to see their progression and, on rare occasions, to share with friends of the distillery. With each passing year it became very clear how special they are, not just because of their rarity, but their individual characteristics and flavour."

Joe Clark, Whisky Director
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The team will be out and about all over the country during the summer. If you're nearby or far away, the best place to find out where we'll be is on the "Distillery Events" page on our website.

The 'Dates for your Diary' section covers two months ahead and lists out all the tasting evenings, shows and festivals we'll be at.
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Coming up this weekend...

Morgan will be with the @TheSpiritSpecialist for a tasting evening at a secret location in Howden on Friday night (find out more on their website and buy tickets there - https://bit.ly/40dilMi)

Amy will be in (the hopefully) sunny Sun Court at Scarborough Spa for Savour the Coast which is free and will be delicious, from Friday evening through to late Sunday afternoon (@SavourtheYorkshireCoast)

Have a look here for more: https://bit.ly/SOYEvents

And see you soon!

Drilled a few weeks ago, our 2023 spring barley crop is coming out nicely. Now, where's that sun?!
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If you're new to the distillery then we need introduce you to David and Tom. Friends for years, they had the idea for Yorkshire Whisky over a pint whilst watching a game of rugby over a decade ago and the rest, as they say, is history.
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Spirit of Yorkshire Cream Liqueur.

Our Yorkshire single malt whisky and single malt spirit (made with 100% homegrown barley) are gently married together with the richest dairy cream to create a beautifully balanced and complex cream liqueur of exceptional quality and flavour.

Best enjoyed with friends. Pour generously, either straight up or over ice.
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This Friday we're talking about flavours and notes. Totally unique to every individual; there will never be two palates the same and that's the joy of it.

Matured in both ex-Bourbon and Virgin Oak casks, our Double Oak whiskies are really quite distinctive. Soft and spicy yet sweet as well, they'll get you thinking each time to you try them.

Filey Bay Double Oak #2 – Soft and spicy with flavours of toasted oak, cream soda, fruit gums and hot cross buns.

Filey Bay Double Oak #1 – Fruity and spicy with flavours of cream soda, banana bread, pineapple sweets and toasted oak.
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We had a ball singing along to Andy Stones at Saturday night's Distillery Session. As co-founder David said afterwards - "it's just so great having live music back at the distillery regularly again!"

He's right and so here's our next Distillery Session: weaving her folk-soul-prog-rock magic will be Carrie Martin from Hull and tickets are already selling quickly. Book yours at the events page of our website now!

24th June 2023 at the Distillery. Doors from 6.15pm and music starts at 7.
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There are two more bank holiday Mondays in the next few weeks and we're open for both of them!

Tours will be running three times during the day, the Pot Still Coffee Shop will be serving homemade cakes, breakfasts and lunches, and the shop will be full of Filey Bay Whisky and other delicious things.

Book your tours via our website or your tables by giving us a call. And if you really fancy treating yourself, how about an Afternoon Tea?
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Lovely light at Friday’s chocolate and whisky pairing evening in Sheffield, hosted by @fileybay_amy and @officialbullion. Somehow it’s May now… we’ve got a great summer lineup of festivals, food fairs, whisky shows and more, and we’re excited to get going!
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