The team at a Yorkshire coast brewery and Yorkshire’s first whisky distillery have been announced as finalists in the 20th annual Farmers Weekly awards.
Jenni Ashwood, Kate Balchin, David Thompson, and Tom Mellor at the brewery and distillery. Photograph: Jim Varney, Farmers Weekly
Wold Top Brewery and its sister company Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery have reached the final in the category for diversification of the year award alongside two other Yorkshire companies.
Both businesses source their barley from the original family farm, Hunmanby Grange, which is also home to the brewery.
Co-founder of both the brewery and the distillery, Tom Mellor, said: “The Farmers Weekly awards is a prestigious awards programme in the agriculture industry, and we’re proud to have been judged finalists in the competitive diversification sector on account of the partnership between the farm, the brewery, and the distillery.
“It’s good to know that, irrespective of who wins, the trophy will be coming back to Yorkshire.”
Wold Top is run by Tom’s daughter, Kate, and husband Alex Balchin. Tom’s other daughter, Jenni Ashwood, is the marketing director at Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery.
The award winners will be announced at a gala dinner on 3rd October in London.
