Chase Distillery
| Private company limited by shares | |
| Industry | Distillery |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Founder | William Chase |
| Headquarters | Chase farm, Hereford, Herefordshire, United Kingdom |
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Area served
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World Wide |
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Key people
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William Chase |
| Products |
Vodka Gin Cider |
| Brands |
Chase vodka Williams GB Extra Dry Gin Williams Elegant Gins Willy's Cider |
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Production output
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10,000 (bottles per week) (February 2016) |
| Owner | The Chase family |
| Website | www |
Chase Distillery, Ltd. is a British single-estate distillery based in Herefordshire, United Kingdom. William Chase, the former owner and founder of Tyrrells crisps, founded the family-run business in 2008. Using ingredients sourced on-site at Rosemaund Farm, the distillery focuses its production on potato vodka, gin and cider.
Chase Distillery won the “Best Vodka Award” at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition in 2010 for its Chase vodka.
On a trip to the USA in 2004, Chase realised that he could use his potatoes to produce vodka. With this realisation, he decided to convert one of his barns into a distillery and purchase a large still. The first harvest occurred on 1 April 2008 and the first batch of vodka was produced in June of the same year. In late 2008, the company expanded its production to include gin. Today, Chase Distillery exports its products to 36 countries around the world, and since February 2016, it sells an average of 10,000 bottles per week.
As a single-estate distillery, all spirits produced by Chase Distillery are made using home-grown ingredients. Chase Vodka, for example, is made from King Edward and Lady Claire potatoes sourced straight from Rosemaund Farm. Williams Gin is made from the fermentation of organic cider apples grown in the on-site orchard.
Chase vodka (40% abv) is the only potato-based vodka produced in England. In 2010, it won “Best Vodka Award” at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition.
Other vodka products made by Chase Distillery include:
Introduced in 2008, Williams Gin is the UK’s only single-estate gin. Its two main variants are Williams Elegant Gin (48%) and Williams GB Extra Dry Gin (40%). In 2013, it was named one of the Telegraph’s “best new gins”.
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