Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery helps Booths celebrate 175th anniversary

The team at a Yorkshire-based  single malt whisky distillery has bottled a rare single cask whisky to help the independent grocers Booths celebrate a milestone.
Greg Wright
By Greg Wright
Published 14th Jul 2022, 04:56 BST

Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery, home to Filey Bay single malt whisky, was invited to select and bottle a single cask whisky to celebrate the 175th anniversary of the family grocers.

Spirit of Yorkshire co-founder, David Thompson, said: “2022 marks 175 years since 19-year-old Edwin Booth secured an £80 loan to open his first shop, The China House in Blackpool.

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“Booths have been a great supporter of the distillery since we started running the stills in 2016 and we were honoured to be asked to select a cask for a whisky to mark this special occasion.”

Jenni Ashwood and Joe Clark from Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery, inset, presented the whisky to Booths.Jenni Ashwood and Joe Clark from Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery, inset, presented the whisky to Booths.
Jenni Ashwood and Joe Clark from Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery, inset, presented the whisky to Booths.

Booths wine and spirits buyer, Pete Newton, said: “We have followed Filey Bay’s journey from a maturing malt to a world class whisky with interest and were delighted that the team at Spirit of Yorkshire were able to bottle a rare and exclusive whisky for our landmark celebration.”

Mr Newton added: “Booths is committed to sustainable agriculture, and we love the fact that Spirit of Yorkshire is one of a handful of whisky distilleries worldwide that grow 100% of the barley used in its field to bottle whisky production and that our anniversary whisky is made from barley grown on co-founder Tom Mellor’s farm in East Yorkshire.”

Filey Bay Single Cask Booths 175th Anniversary Edition costs £90 and is available exclusively from Booths’ 28 stores in the north of England.

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