The Spirit of Yorkshire

Claire is our front of house manager, meaning she’s the smile you see as you walk through the door. Claire became part of the team in July 2019. Q: What’s your favourite part of your role at the distillery?A: I enjoy all aspects of my role at the distillery Q: Name your top 3 favourite Spirit of Yorkshire releases?A: Sherry Cask Reserve #1, Filey Bay Moscatel finish and Filey Bay Second Release Q: Your favourite whisky, excluding Filey Bay?A: The Macallan Q: If you could enjoy a dram with someone... Read More

Meet Dom. Dom is a crucial part of our production team as our head distiller. Q: What’s your favourite part of your role at the distillery?A: Unloading 200 bourbon casks out the back of a container in the Summer Q: Name your top 3 favourite Spirit of Yorkshire releases?A: Distillery Projects 001, Filey Bay First Release, Yorkshire Day 2020 Q: Your favourite whisky, excluding Filey Bay?A: Highland Park 18 Year Old Q: If you could enjoy a dram with someone famous, who would it be and why?A: Swami John Reis.... Read More

India has been part of the team since the very beginning. Her main role within the distillery is the office manager however you could also catch her in the distillery helping with production, or even in the cafe on a busy day! Q: What’s your favourite part of your role at the distillery? A: My role is incredibly varied but the part I enjoy the most is working with the numbers. Q: Name your top 3 favourite Spirit of Yorkshire releases? A: Maturing Malt 001, Filey Bay Moscatel Finish, Sherry... Read More

Jenni is part of our office team here as the Marketing Director. Maintaining within the action, you may recognise Jenni from our tasting events. Q: What’s your favourite part of your role at the distillery? A: Seeing and discussing all the design and packaging creative work as it goes from an idea to a final finished bottle (or tasting set) on the shelf or behind a bar Q: Name your top 3 favourite Spirit of Yorkshire releases? A: Filey Bay First Release, Distillery Projects 005 and the Cream Liqueur Q:... Read More

Meet Joe, our Whisky Director. Joe’s the guy that picks which of our casks make up each bottle of Filey Bay single malt whisky. You can find Joe in the office, the distillery and at our events but mainly, he’s up in the warehouse, right at the heart of our whisky! Q: What’s your favourite part of your role at the distillery?A: Not easy to answer, think I can narrow this down to two things. 1) Cask selection and making sure that our whisky and all our releases taste as... Read More

Meet Co-founder and Director, Tom. Tom is a third-generation farmer up at our farm Hunmanby Grange, where you’ll find our sister company, Wold Top Brewery. Q: What’s your favourite part of your role at the distillery? A: Growing and supplying the major raw material Barley with a bit of problem-solving along the way Q: Name your top 3 favourite Spirit of Yorkshire releases? A: Maturing Malt 003, Flagship and STR finish Q: Your favourite whisky, excluding Filey Bay? A: Auchentoshan Heartwood Q: If you could enjoy a dram with someone... Read More

Meet David, Co-Founder and Managing Director. Q: What’s your favourite part of your role at the distillery? A: Walking into the distillery every morning and seeing the team’s enthusiasm and dedication for everything we do. We could not do it without you. Q: Name your top 3 favourite Spirit of Yorkshire releases? A: Probably whisky not in bottles yet. Our maturing stock is surprising us every day, so the best is yet to come. I’m particularly excited about the single cask bottlings at cask strength. Love our Flagship too Q:... Read More