York Gin moving to new distillery to cope with rising demand

The company behind York Gin is moving to a new site and opening a shop in the city’s railway station as demand for its products increases.

The company is currently working seven days a week at its distillery in Acaster Malbis to service orders for range of six gins.

Its new site on Great North Way in Poppleton will give it space to increase production and completes the Quad development at York Business Park by Evans Property Group.

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Master distiller Harry Cooke said: “It really is a case of us outgrowing our original distillery. Our shop in the centre of York is selling more than ever. Local bars, restaurants and pubs are selling our gins in record quantities. And we have orders coming in from all over the country.

“We’ve gone from two runs a week to sometimes having to do two runs every day. We’ve absolutely loved being at Acaster Malbis and will be here for a couple more months at least.

“We’re thrilled with the new distillery – it’s a brand new state of the art facility with lots of space for us to expand production.

“And, once the Christmas rush is over we’ll be developing a visitors’ centre so people can see how we make our gins.”

The company, which launched in 2018, has grown from one full-time employee in 2018 to 10 full-time employees, as well as part-time staff working at its shop and events.

It has won a number of international prizes for its gins.

York Gin sold its first bottles on 1 March 2018 and since then has developed a range of six gins.

Richard Bean, portfolio director at Evans Property Group, said; “We are delighted to be able to accommodate York Gin’s exciting new distillery at Quad and to be welcoming them to our popular development. The delivery of high quality, new build units such as these is so important to support the growth and expansion of local businesses.”