SPIRIT OF YORKSHIRE Filey Bay STR Finish Batch #4 Yorkshire Single Malt Whisky
- SKU:
- 4417073
- UPC:
- 2310062187648
This Single Malt Whisky undergoes first maturation in ex-bourbon casks, bringing creamy notes to Filey Bay’s light and fruity spirit style, before being finished in another cask type for a second maturation. STR casks are ex-red wine casks that have been shaved, toasted and re-charred, creating the perfect environment for this whisky to draw out the delicious red fruit flavours from the wood. The red fruit mingles with notes of vanilla ice cream and toasted oak for a remarkable flavour profile that’s both complex and comforting.
This way of treating red wine casks (STR) was pioneered by the late, great Dr. Jim Swan who consulted and supported The Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery when it first began distilling. Treating the casks in this way tempers the tannins in the red wine casks and allows the flavour inside the wood to really come to the fore.
The Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery can be found in the village of Hunmanby just a few miles from Filey Bay on the Yorkshire coast. It’s the county’s first ever Single Malt Whisky producer and they do things properly from grain to glass but definitely their own way. But they did get a little help from the late great Dr Jim Swan, a celebrated whisky maker who was described as “the Einstein of whisky” and who was instrumental in setting up a raft of other great distilleries including Nc’nean, Cotswolds, Kavalan, Penderyn, Kilchoman, Victoria Caledonian and Milk & Honey. He helped them ensure that they were making something unique that reflected the local area not just a carbon copy of Scotch. The barley is grown in Hunmanby on the family farm so you can’t get much more local and hands on than that. The water is drawn through chalk from deep beneath the Yorkshire Wolds. One of the only things they bring in from outside the county is the oak for which they source the finest barrels from around the world. The bottles are embossed with a gannet a fearless bird that has flourished in this part of Yorkshire. We think that’s kind of fitting because it also perfectly describes the way we hungrily gobble down each new Filey Bay outturn.
SKU No.: 4417073
Style No.: 2371
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 46%
Volume: 700ml
This Single Malt Whisky undergoes first maturation in ex-bourbon casks, bringing creamy notes to Filey Bay’s light and fruity spirit style, before being finished in another cask type for a second maturation. STR casks are ex-red wine casks that have been shaved, toasted and re-charred, creating the perfect environment for this whisky to draw out the delicious red fruit flavours from the wood. The red fruit mingles with notes of vanilla ice cream and toasted oak for a remarkable flavour profile that’s both complex and comforting.
This way of treating red wine casks (STR) was pioneered by the late, great Dr. Jim Swan who consulted and supported The Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery when it first began distilling. Treating the casks in this way tempers the tannins in the red wine casks and allows the flavour inside the wood to really come to the fore.
The Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery can be found in the village of Hunmanby just a few miles from Filey Bay on the Yorkshire coast. It’s the county’s first ever Single Malt Whisky producer and they do things properly from grain to glass but definitely their own way. But they did get a little help from the late great Dr Jim Swan, a celebrated whisky maker who was described as “the Einstein of whisky” and who was instrumental in setting up a raft of other great distilleries including Nc’nean, Cotswolds, Kavalan, Penderyn, Kilchoman, Victoria Caledonian and Milk & Honey. He helped them ensure that they were making something unique that reflected the local area not just a carbon copy of Scotch. The barley is grown in Hunmanby on the family farm so you can’t get much more local and hands on than that. The water is drawn through chalk from deep beneath the Yorkshire Wolds. One of the only things they bring in from outside the county is the oak for which they source the finest barrels from around the world. The bottles are embossed with a gannet a fearless bird that has flourished in this part of Yorkshire. We think that’s kind of fitting because it also perfectly describes the way we hungrily gobble down each new Filey Bay outturn.
SKU No.: 4417073
Style No.: 2371