Circumstance Distillery

Circumstance Distillery is an English distillery in Bristol specialising in organic grains and long fermentations. These principals, with non-traditional yeasts, produce extraordinary spirits.

We try to create as much flavour within our spirits as we possibly can. To achieve this we use organic mash bills, beer and wine yeast, and long open fermentations. Spirits are matured in a variety of ways using a variety of woods.

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We use first fill ex-bourbon casks, virgin casks, seasoned casks and charred English oak spindles. Maturation is all about a balance between the new make spirit and the wood. We are very proud of our flavoursome new makes and as such some releases are considerably “younger” than traditional whiskies or grain spirits. We believe it’s ready when it’s ready, even if it is young.

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Each batch of whisky and grain spirits we produce is unique, and because of this each batch has a unique code printed on each bottle. The code describes the process by which the spirit was produced in fine details and all the information can be found on our website.

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DISTILLERY INFO

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NAME

Circumstance Distillery

WEBSITE

www.circumstancedistillery.com

ADDRESS

Unit 2, Whitehall Trading Estate
Gerrish Ave
Redfield
Bristol
BS5 9DF

ESTABLISHED

2018

ANNUAL CAPACITY (L)

10,000 @ 68.2% abv

WATER SOURCE

Tap RO filter

MALT SPECIFICATIONS

Organic English Barley (Laureate), Organic English Rye, Organic English Wheat Crushed on site prior to delivery at Warminster maltings

MALT SOURCE

Warminster maltings

YEAST TYPE

French Saison/Mead/Barvarian wheat

GRIST WEIGHT

325kg – 350kg per mash

MASH TUN TYPE

Stainless steel, 1000L
First sparging water temperature; 69 – 71.5 degrees celsius
Second sparging water temperature; 80 degrees

WORT CLARITY

Clear/bright

WASHBACKS (QUANTITY)

N/K

WASHBACK SIZE

Washback capacity 1250L

WASHBACK TYPE

Free standing IBC vessels. HDPE.

FERMENTATION TIME (HRS)

Washback fermentation period (hours) 300 hours (as an average, longer and shorter times depending on the season). Depending on the mash, but in general between 10 and 14 days

WASH STILLS

N/K

WASH STILL CHARGE (L)

1800L

SPIRIT STILLS

As above

SPIRIT STILL CHARGE (L)

1800L

CONDENSER TYPE

Shell & tube

NEW MAKE STRENGTH

75% abv

FILLING STRENGTH

62.8% abv

WAREHOUSING

Yes

CASKS USED

Ex Bourbon 200L, New European oak heavy toast 128L, Andean Oak medium char 100L & 60L, English Chestnut 30L, Ex Olorosso sherry 500L (2 year seasoned), Tawny Port 210L, Rye 200L & 100L, Muscat 210L, Sauternes 210L, sweet vermouth 210L casks.

CASK STORAGE CAPACITY

Current stock pile 70 casks