Many Hands

< SPIRIT SPECIFICS LIBRARY | COLLABORATIVE RELEASE | SUMMER 2026 | YORKSHIRE BLENDED MALT WHISKY

 
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RELEASE NOTE

Many hands make light work. When the Cooper King pot still broke down in 2021, we turned to our Yorkshire neighbours across the Wolds for a helping hand. Heads were scratched, sleeves rolled up, a plan hatched. Together, we got the job done: a warm-hearted whisky best enjoyed with good company.

Cooper King Distillery x Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery. ‘Many Hands’ is our first collaborative release, the first Yorkshire blended malt whisky, and the first whisky created through an open collaboration between two English distilleries.

Malt spirit from Cooper King Distillery and Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery was filled separately into sibling casks and matured under one roof. The casks were carefully blended and bottled to create a whisky greater than the sum of its parts. This is a limited edition release - each bottle has been hand-filled and individually numbered.

Positive Impact. £1 from every bottle sold is donated to our charity partner, Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust, to fund life-changing apprenticeships for young people in rural areas, to help protect vital UK habitats (YDMT Registered Charity No. 1061687).

DISTILLER’S COMMENTS

“What a pleasure it was to marry another distillery’s whisky into our own. Spirit of Yorkshire’s spirit brings wonderful honeyed, herbal notes, which pair delightfully with Cooper King’s layers of fruit and toasted nut. Collaborating so openly with our neighbours to create a first for the county (and the country) was a real joy, and I’m delighted to see it pass from my hands to yours.” - Abbie Jaume, Head Distiller

TASTING NOTES

  • Nose: honeycomb, peach cobbler and blackcurrant leaf.

  • Taste: biscuit, toasted cashews and cracked black pepper.

  • Finish: toasted rye bread with butter & honey.

SUGGESTED SERVE

  • Short: neat, or with a dash of water.

  • Long: enjoy in a Whisky Highball. In a glass filled with ice, mix one part whisky to three parts soda water. No garnish required.

RELEASE DETAILS

  • 48% ABV

  • 700ml

  • 1922 bottles

  • Natural colour

  • Non-chill filtered

 

SPIRIT SPECIFICS

  • Cask profile: 38% ex-dark fired bourbon / 25% ex-bourbon / 25% ex-rye whiskey / 12% ex-corn whiskey

  • Wood profile: 100% American oak

  • Cask size: 90 litres

  • Casks filled: TBC

  • Maturation time: 3 years, 9 months (youngest whisky) to 5 years, 8 months (oldest whisky)

  • Maturation location: Cooper King Distillery

  • Grain: 50% English Maris Otter barley (Cooper King) / 50% Yorkshire Laureate barley (Spirit of Yorkshire)

  • Yeast: distiller’s yeast (Cooper King) / dual yeast (secret combination) (Spirit of Yorkshire)

  • Fermentation time: 5-7 days (Cooper King) / 3-4 days (Spirit of Yorkshire)

  • Distillation: double distilled on a single 900-litre copper pot still (“Neilson”) (Cooper King) / double distilled across two copper pot stills (5,000-litre wash still and 3,500-litre spirit still) (Spirit of Yorkshire)

  • Batch number: 2602

 

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