The Spirit of Yorkshire

The lovely Chrissie has been part of the team since the very beginning. Usually known as the queen of brownies! Q: What’s your favourite part of your role at the distillery?A: Drinking whisky? And the amazing Spirit of Yorkshire family Q: Name your top 3 favourite Spirit of Yorkshire releases?A: STR finish, DP003 Maturing Malt and Flagship Q: Your favourite whisky, excluding Filey Bay?A: Lagavulin Distillers Edition Q: If you could enjoy a dram with someone famous, who would it be and why?A: The legend that is David Attenborough Q:... Read More

Libby’s role within the distillery varies from marketing, events, the coffee shop and tours. She’s been part of the team since July 2018. Q: What’s your favourite part of your role at the distillery?A: The tasting events. Talking about whisky is one of my favourite things to do. Q: Name your top 3 favourite Spirit of Yorkshire releases?A: DP006 Maturing Malt, STR Finish, and the new Sherry Cask Reserve #1 Q: Your favourite whisky, excluding Filey Bay?A: Glenrothes 18-year-old PX sherry cask Q: If you could enjoy a dram with... Read More

Nicola is part of our production team, she’s been with us since December 2019. Q: What’s your favourite part of your role at the distillery?A: The people I work with are my favourite part Q: Name your top 3 favourite Spirit of Yorkshire releases?A: STR Finish, Moscatel Finish, Sherry Cask Reserve #1 Q: Your favourite whisky, excluding Filey Bay?A: Jack Daniels Tennessee Fire Q: If you could enjoy a dram with someone famous, who would it be and why?A: Brian Cox (the physicist) because hopefully, with the help of the... Read More

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