A distillery in York
Founded on the belief that great gin is made slowly, carefully, and with an eye for detail.
A True Artisan Distillery
The original Hooting Owl Distillery was launched at the end of 2017 whereby we embarked upon a period of product development and fine tuning. By mid 2018 we were in production of our award winning spirits, and won our first Great Taste Award in 2019.
We take our inspiration from the history, the military, the flora & fauna, the art and flavours from around the Yorkshire region to create a top-quality range of hand-crafted, small batch spirits. In early 2024 the distillery moved to within the city walls of York, to become the first licensed distillery inside the bar walls, the only distillery currently in the city.
Crafting Excellence
We are an artisan distillery producing London Dry Gins, Fruit Gins, Premium Vodka, Quality Rums and soon to be launching two new products, a York Gin based on the history of our great city, and our take on Bourbon — The Corny Owl.
The capacity of our new distillery is circa 1,000 bottles of distilled spirit per day with multiple distillation runs from our 9 small batch stills. We do not operate to capacity as we hand-craft our products in order to guarantee quality and consistency.
Our distillery is open to the public from Midday, 7 days a week you can relax in our lounge and watch the distillery in action.
What guides us
Provenance
We work with Yorkshire growers and foragers. Where we cannot source locally we choose responsibly.
Patience
Good gin takes time. We never rush a batch to market. If it is not right, it is not released.
People
A distillery is its people. We train, pay fairly, and build a team that takes pride in every bottle.