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Yorkshire Whisky Maker Celebrates A Decade Of Distilling With Its First Age Statement Whisky
![(L-R)Co-founders David Thompson & Tom Mellor with Filey Back First Release back in 2019.]()
(L-R)Co-founders David Thompson & Tom Mellor with Filey Back First Release back in 2019.
The team at Yorkshire’s first single malt whisky distillery is celebrating its tenth anniversary by releasing a 10 year old single cask whisky.
The single malt whisky is the first age statement whisky from the Hunmanby, North Yorkshire single estate distillery, Spirit of Yorkshire.
Launching as part of a masterclass at the distillery’s 10th birthday Open Weekend on 1st and 2nd August, Filey Bay 10 Year Old Single Cask ‘Decade of Distilling’ is an exclusive release of only 200 bottles, which will only be available to masterclass delegates.
Spirit of Yorkshire co-founder, David Thompson, said: “Be the first to both try and take home our ‘Decade of Distilling’ Single Cask, the first 10 year old age-statement Yorkshire whisky. This single cask whisky was distilled and casked in summer 2016. Presented in a special box and exclusively available at this Masterclass, it shows how our distillery style has matured over the past ten years.
“During our very special ‘Decade of Distilling’ Masterclasses, participants can look forward to over an hour of drams, conversations and discussion about our first 10 years of production, as well as tastings which reflect our journey from maturing malt to our latest release, ‘Decade of Distilling.”
The Decade of Distilling Masterclasses will take place at 1 pm and 3 pm on 1st and 2nd August. Spaces are limited to 50 people per masterclass, and tickets cost £250. They are available to book at
https://bit.ly/DecadeofDistillingMasterclass
General access tickets to the Tenth Anniversary Open Weekend cost £20 in advance (£5 for children), and include a tour, three drams and a nosing glass. More details will be made available in due course.
Spirit of Yorkshire is a true field-to-bottle distillery and one of only a handful of distilleries worldwide to use 100% homegrown barley to produce its single malt whisky. It was named one of the top 50 spirits producers in the world by the IWSC in 2025.