Yorkshire


<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-spirit-of-yorkshire-hunmanby"><strong><a href="https://spiritofyorkshire.com/?srsltid=AfmBOop3hv29ed9jsJIgGvKectfbpih1awHrduAbXmEGyIYbvkWZVAwB" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Spirit of Yorkshire, Hunmanby</a></strong></h2>



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<p>If there’s a capital of Yorkshire whisky, it might be on a farm near the seaside. Spirit of Yorkshire is a true field‑to‑bottle distillery, using 100% homegrown barley for its Filey Bay single malt, something only a handful of distilleries worldwide can claim. In 2025 it was named one of the International Wine &amp; Spirit Competition’s top 50 spirits producers on the planet.&nbsp;<br><br>Filey Bay has become the darling of the comp scene (yes there’s a whisky comp scene), bagging multiple gold and silver medals at recent IWSC awards. The company is celebrating a decade of distilling in June and Filey Bay single malt will officially turn 10 years old.&nbsp;Tours of the distillery run daily and the regular Distillery Sessions gigs run six times a year.&nbsp;</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-whittaker-s-distiller-y"><a href="https://www.whittakersdistillery.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><strong>Whittaker’s Distiller</strong>y</a></h2>



<p>In Nidderdale, Whittaker’s has made the leap from cult gin name to proper whisky big boi, based in an old 1950s pig shed (now in a fancy purpose-built distillery building). Based on a family farm, the brand uses local botanicals from a nearby farm and water from its own spring. The whisky journey started in 2019 with the distillery’s first barrel of single malt, the first ever single-malt whisky produced in the Yorkshire Dales.<br><br>Going for a taste (or three) is fine, but if you’re feeling adventurous why not book a half-day whisky making experience and learn what it takes to turn three basic ingredients, water, barley and yeast, into a single malt whisky. Crikey, if we’d realised it was that easy we’d have made some at home.<br><br><strong><a href="https://yorkshire.muddystilettos.co.uk/reader-treats/win-a-voucher-for-two-for-a-whittakers-distillery-tour/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">ENTER OUR COMPETITION TO WIN A WHITTAKERS DISTILLERY TOUR VOUCHER</a></strong></p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-fanny-s-keighley"><a href="https://fannysdistillery.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Fanny’s, Keighley</a></h2>



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<p>Founded by a former Tetley’s brewer, Fanny’s used to be a CAMRA real ale pub, named after Fanny Street in the UNESCO World Heritage site of Saltaire and in the site of a former pet shop. The distillery has its own Arnold Holstein still and its very own spring water on site. It also sources all of its botanicals locally and all its grains from traditional maltsters within a 50-mile radius. Last year the distillery won two golds and a silver at the London Spirits Competition for its Green Monkey single malt, single grain and rye whiskies. Its batches are small and its packaging is almost as delicious as the liquor.&nbsp;</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-yorkshire-dales-distillery-richmond"><strong><a href="https://yorkshiredalesdistillery.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Yorkshire Dales Distillery, Richmond</a></strong></h2>



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<p>Yorkshire Dales Distillery is a fiercely independent, family-run outfit founded in 2016 by Sarah and Tony Brotherton to create meaningful jobs and training for veterans, their families, young people, ex‑offenders and the long‑term unemployed.Ramskull Founders Reserve is the brand’s debut English single malt. Everything here, mashing, fermentation, double distillation and maturation, happens on site and the ancient natural mineral water from Swaledale makes for a lovely smooth taste.&nbsp;</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-yarm-distillery-yarm-nbsp"><strong><a href="https://www.yarmdistillery.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Yarm Distillery, Yarm&nbsp;</a></strong></h2>



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<p>Over on Teesside, Yarm Distillery has quietly become the producer of the North East’s first single malt English whisky. Its inaugural release came of age on 28 June 2023, with just a few hundred bottles making it out into the wild.<br>This is a proper family‑run outfit, better known locally for craft rum and gin. There’s more spirit maturing on site, plus the option to buy your own cask if you want to go full deep nerd with annual tastings as it ages. Look out for them at the Great Yorkshire Show too, where founder Richard can usually be found pouring tasters and talking pairings.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-cooper-king-york"><a href="https://www.cooperkingdistillery.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Cooper King, York</a></h2>



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<p>What do you get if you cross a scientist and architect? Amazing whisky, that’s what. Cooper King founders Abbie and Chris learned their trade in Tasmania and brought their learnings back to the UK to create sustainable spirits. The first gin still was fired up in 2018, and the whisky still in 2019. They eventually released their own Cooper King Single Malt Whisky in 2023.</p>



<p>The distillery is&nbsp; open for tours and tastings on Wednesdays and Saturdays (book in advance on the website) or head over to the annual Summer Bash (<strong>18 July</strong>), for a day of food, drinks, music, games and tastings. “Our favourite thing about making whisky in Yorkshire is the community of whisky makers,” says Cooper King’s marketing manager Zoe Rutherford, “we would technically be competitors if we were in another industry but in whisky we&#8217;re basically friendly neighbours, always open to a collaboration or there to muck in and help each other out in a moment of need.”&nbsp;</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Worth the slightly wobbly detour</strong></h2>



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<p>Just beyond the border, these are the ringers you might want to include in your Yorkshire whisky road trip (for the love of god, take the train).</p>



<p><strong><a href="https://lakesdistillery.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Lakes Distillery</a>, Bassenthwaite, Cumbria</strong><br>Sherry‑cask‑obsessed, rich and fruity English whisky with serious critic love.</p>



<p><strong><a href="https://theforestdistillery.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Forest</a>, Macclesfield Forest, Cheshire</strong><br>A lovely boutique woodland distillery with characterful, small‑scale whisky.&nbsp;</p>



<p><strong><a href="https://www.weetwoodales.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Weetwood</a>, Kelsall, Cheshire</strong><br>Brewery‑led, branching into single malt alongside its beers and other spirits.</p>



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