Located near the picturesque Filey Bay coast in the village of Humanby, the Spirit of Yorkshire distillery is the result of a successful collaboration between farmer Tom Mellor and business partner David Thompson, who source all their sustainably grown barley from wind power and the farm's own spring water for the unique whisky character directly from Wold Top Farm, owned by Tom Mellor.
The two business partners were supported and advised by the late renowned whisky expert Dr Jim Swan, who helped set up and advised several award-winning distilleries, including Kavalan in Taiwan, Penderyn in Wales and the Speyside Distillery in Scotland, while the gannet symbolises the strong cultural connection to the homeland that the whisky from Filey Bay is intended to reflect.
The gannet is a bird that is close to its homeland and symbolises the company's values: fearlessness, precision and grace - after all, the largest gannet colony on the British mainland is located not far from the distillery. The whiskey therefore carries the spirit of the people and the place where it is created.
