Tusmore Distillery announced

A joint venture from the British Honey Company and Cottisford Ltd, based on the Tusmore Park Estate, is bringing a new distillery to the Cherwell Valley.

Tusmore has been established specifically to set up and operate a new distillery and bonded warehouse within the grounds of the Tusmore Park Estate in Oxfordshire, which is owned indirectly by Cottisford.

The Company currently produces over 4 tonnes of the finest British honey per year from its 150 beehives of which 120 are operated under licence from Cottisford at the Tusmore Park Estate.

2021 will see the opening of the distillery at Tusmore, where Head Distiller Struan Reid is creating a fully traceable Single Malt English Whiskey, entirely at the estate.

Future plans include the opening of a whiskey discovery centre where visitors can experience the Field to Barrel Story and the passion that makes Tusmore Whiskey so special.

British Honey and Cottisford started work on the renovation and construction of a bonded warehouse and the distillery in the Park Farm building complex in 2020. This work is expected to take 18 months and the first whiskey should be produced in 2021. The 2020 whiskey has been produced and is stored at Tusmore in the new bonded warehouse.

Commenting on the Agreement, Michael Williams, CEO of British Honey, said: “This JV is an important milestone for British Honey, not only in terms of further developing our strong relationship with Cottisford but also for the commercialisation of our new Tusmore whiskey brand and the establishment of a second distillery and bonded warehouse which is key to increasing the Company’s scalable infrastructure. We look forward to welcoming visitors of all ages to the new facility where they can explore our honey production”