TOURS
Distillery & Brewery Tour
The Wold Top Brewery and The Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery are joining forces for a combined tour every Tuesday afternoon, and selected Saturdays too. A brilliant introduction to our truly field to bottle process, you’ll start at the farm and the brewery, before heading down to the whisky distillery. (Important to note: the brewery is on a different site to the distillery, about 3 miles apart).
There’ll be plenty of beer to taste and whiskies to try, and you’ll finish the day knowing all there is to know about Yorkshire beer and Yorkshire’s first single malt whisky, Filey Bay.
Experts in the Field
The Mellors have been growing barley since 1945, Wold Top have been brewing world-class beer since 2003, and Filey Bay whisky is the first (and currently only) Single Malt Whisky made in Yorkshire.
Unique and Distinctive
Explore and discuss the finer details of the flavours and notes to be found within our Filey Bay whiskies.
From Field to Bottle
Gain a deep understanding as to what makes the Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery so unique in its distilling process, and Wold Top Brewery so distinctive in how it brews beer.
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Distillery & Brewery Tour
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Brewery
The Wold Top Brewery and The Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery are joining forces for a combined tour every Tuesday afternoon
The tour will start up at the Brewery at 1pm with the chance to see how their award-winning beers are made, how the beginning process of whisky making is done, followed by, you guessed it, a tasting of the award-winning beers!
Distillery
You’ll then make your way down to us, The Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery, located a few miles down the road where your tour will start at 3pm.
At the distillery, you will find out all about the intricate details of the whisky-making process and gain a full understanding as to what makes the Spirit of Yorkshire so unique in its distilling process.
All topped off with a few samples from the warehouse of course.
Availability
We also have a number of joint tours available on a Saturday. This tour will start at the Brewery at 11am finishing with the tour at 1pm at the Distillery. For availability, please see the calendar.
Please note: the brewery and the distillery are located a few miles apart, and the tour starts at the brewery. Your own transport for this tour is essential as there are no public transport facilities to the brewery from Hunmanby or other local towns.
sarlouuk2022-09-04A great day out We had a fabulous and very interesting tour of the distillery. The guide was very informative and knew all aspects of the process. During the tasting time the guide was very knowledgeable about what to expect from each of the three samples she provided. Our visit was finished off perfectly by a relaxing and delicious meal in the distillery cafe and a look around the shop. I would highly recommend a visit if you are in North Yorkshire.
Eileen L2022-09-04Great way to spend the day First went on the tour. Very knowledgeably guide. I learnt a lot about how whisky was made. Its not very big but it was easy to see and understand. Ended with the tasting, iam not a whisky lover. But the guide told us the best way to taste and I must admit I liked this whisky! We followed the tour with the most delicious afternoon tea. All the staff were very friendly and helpful. I will certainly go again.
sueforth2022-08-29Tour and tasting I took my dad for the distillery tour for his birthday and we had a great time, it was very interesting to learn about the process of production. The tasting at the end was very nice too and getting your own glass to keep is a nice touch too!
Joanne C2022-08-27Proud to be Yorkshire I wrote a very considered and thought about lovely review as we had a great time on the brewery and distillery tour and I can't speak highly enough of the people, facilities and how enjoyable and interesting each trip was. So thank you. However my review was lost as I then had to log in, couldn't remember my password and after going to the email to reset my password my long and detailed review had disappeared...Come on Trip Advisor...either let people submit the review without having to log in or make them log in first. Your site is not as easy and delightful to visit as the brewery and distillery...and you don't give away great beverage samples or have a fab cafe either!
andythenurse2022-08-26The best day out in a very long time. Well today was one of those days where I was feeling definitely not at one with myself and I was on annual leave to boot. My wife then waltzed in and said get your shoes on we’re going out.
So we set off on a “mystery trip”, now I’m not one for mystery trips so we set off and I was in a grumpy mood and was in pain. We turned on to the road to Hunmanby and I was definitely none the wiser. Just before we got there my darling wife asked me to close my eyes.
We arrived on a small but tidy industrial estate and entered the distillery. I was still quite grumpy but my interest was starting to peak as I had never been on a distillery tour before. It was beautifully clean and well presented with a wonderful array of whisky’s for sale. We were signposted upstairs to the start of the tour.
The tour was eye opening and informative, the smells were heavenly, and then the pièce de résistance the tasting of the whisky’s. I had entered single malt heaven. We were given three to sample and were allowed to sample any others from the range on the “try before you buy” basis. So we did and then we did (buy that is).
We then sauntered upstairs again to sample the delights of the café and we weren’t disappointed. We went for the sharing platter which was amply stocked with local cheeses and charcuterie. Oh and the pork pie on the side was to die for, also sourced from a local provider.
We will be going back again for more lovely food and to purchase more of their mighty fine whisky. I’ve also recommended this place to all my friends who the cycling fraternity as a blooming good cafe stop.
Please do to go as you won’t be disappointed.
petergH7390BU2022-08-22Outstanding: do not miss the opportunity to visit We did the brilliant distillery tour with our excellent guide Courtney, then had an afternoon tea in the ‘Pot Still’: both parts were absolutely outstanding. We recommend that you do not miss the chance to visit SoY
lizern20082022-08-22distillery tour It was a very interesting tour , the young girl was very knowledgeable and answered every question anyone asked ,the tour was around an hour and a half , then testing of the whiskeys was available . anyone who was driving was given 3 miniature bottles to test at home , and a beautiful little glass exclusive to the distillery was given , these cannot be bought so need to be treasured , would recommend to anyone , after the tour they have a lovely tearoom selling home cooking and baking got to be tried booking advisable .
vinyldestination012022-08-21Great experience I’m not generally a whiskey drinker I went with my father inlaw as i bought him the tour as a gift and we both loved it. Didn’t stop talking about it all day! Was fantastic!purplecamper202022-08-21Distillery Tour I really enjoyed this tour - short but sweet! The staff were really friendly and the tour guide was great.
284bill2022-08-21An excellent experience! Very interesting and enjoyable tour and tasting. Well organised and good presentation. Would highly recommend!Tripadvisor rating score: 5.0 of 5, based on 515 reviews
FAQs
Everyone over the age of 6 is welcome to join a tour. We cannot allow anyone under the age of 6 into the still house. Therefore they cannot join the tour. This includes babes-in-arms.
The stills are in action on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. However very occasionally, for technical reasons, there will be times when we are not distilling on those days.
We love our furry four legged friends however as we are a working distillery, we can only allow Assistance Dogs into the distillery building. This includes the distillery shop and the Pot Still Coffee Shop.
Our Daily Distillery Tours last 60 minutes (at 11, 1 and 3 everyday). The Distillery Deep Dive is 90 minutes. And our Brewery and Distillery Tours take around 3 hours.
