Yorkshire distillery scoops world whisky award
11th September 2025
Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery is celebrating the success after one of its latest single malts won a prestigious world whisky competition.
Filey Bay Nurture, the first of the Hunmanby-based distillery’s regenerative editions, was awarded a gold medal in the Europe – single malt category at the World Whisky Masters Awards.
The whisky, which launched exclusively in Waitrose stores in April, is a marriage of ex-bourbon and ex-red wine casks. Celebrating the distillery’s farming heritage and regenerative farming practices, it is described as ‘soft, fruity and down to earth, with a creamy sweetness and malt and biscuit notes’.
Spirit of Yorkshire’s whisky director, Joe Clark, explained: “Filey Bay Nurture is a whisky that tells the story of how and why we farm and distil the way we do. For it to be recognised for its quality and flavour on the world stage is a huge moment for us.
“By marrying ex-Bourbon matured whisky with whisky from re-coopered red wine casks, we’ve created something that captures both character and complexity – a whisky to savour, wherever and whenever it’s enjoyed.”
Filey Bay Nurture, 46.5% vol., is available from selected Waitrose stores throughout the UK, Jersey and Guernsey and online. It costs £60 for a 70cl bottle.
Spirit of Yorkshire said it is one of only a few distilleries worldwide which use 100% homegrown, regeneratively farmed barley to produce its single malt whisky.
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