Inside Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery with David Thompson

Inside Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery with David Thompson

From Inside Whisky by Miriam, Martin & Manuel

September 30, 2025 · 51 min · Episode 47

About this episode

The episode features an interview with David Thompson, co-founder of Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery, discussing their English single malt whisky and its unique production methods.

This episode is kind of special for several reasons: For starters, it is about a distillery that is very close to our hearts because we have known our guest, David, for quite a while now, second, it is an episode that we had planned to do for some time, but it somehow never materialised until now and third, it is an episode about an English whisky.  We’ve made the journey to the Yorkshire coast, near the seaside town of Filey, where farming heritage, coastal climate and a bold idea have come together to create an English single malt whisky. The Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery has surely contributed quite a bit to putting England firmly onto the whisky map with their Filey Bay single malt, and we’re joined by the company’s co-founder David Thompson. In this episode, you will find out more about Spirit of Yorkshire’s field to bottle approach, David’s take on terroir, the unique setup of the stills at the distillery, the discussion revolving around the term “single” malt and what Filey Bay whisky has in common with Roger Federer. So lean back and tune in.

People in this episode

Hosts: Miriam, Martin, Manuel

Guest: David Thompson

Topics covered

  • whisky
  • distillery
  • English whisky
  • single malt
  • terroir
  • Filey Bay

Keywords

  • whisky
  • distillery
  • Filey Bay
  • single malt
  • terroir
  • Yorkshire
  • David Thompson

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery

Products: Filey Bay single malt

Places: Yorkshire, Filey

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