latest news:

30/8/10 chase to launch in the us

Pelican Brands will launch Chase Distillery's flagship brand Chase Vodka and Chase Elderflower Liqueur in key markets in the US in September.

30/8/10 2nd batch of our Marmalade is now ready!

01/04/10 looking for the english breakfast cocktail...

We have just bottled our first batch of marmalade vodka from our pretty little gin still. We marinaded marmalade with our fine potato vodka then infused extra oranges in the carter head style still to make this fantastically rich and delicious orange vodka!!

26/03/10 chase voted world's best vodka

Chase Vodka has been awarded the WORLD’S Best Vodka with a Double Gold Medal in THE most respected spirits awards, in San Francisco, which is a huge accolade for Chase. The English potato vodka was voted top out of 115 vodkas worldwide, which included larger mass produced companies from Russia, Poland, Scandinavia  and the USA.

William Chase comments: “When we sold Tyrrells we had to rename the vodka. And when we made the first batch of vodka from our potatoes I was so impressed with the quality that I was proud to put my name on it. So winning this most prestigious award for world’s best quality spirit is a great testament to our work so I was really chuffed to have it endorsed as the world’s best vodka.

Our main aim has always been to grow our own raw materials here on the farm to produce the finest Vodka in world with pedigree.  This award is a fantastic recognition that we are doing just that and a reminder that even a boutique business like ours can more than compete with larger distillers from across the world by producing quality not quantity.”

Look 'Who won What' here: http://www.sfspiritscomp.com/pdfs/2010SpiritsResultsbyClass.pdf

17/03/10 trekstock launch night at downing street 

Trekstock rocked Downing Street (!) and The Green Carnation in Soho last week to celebrate becoming an official registered charity. Chase Vodka cocktails kept the party going at Green Carnation in Soho afterwards, with Mark Ronson as special guest and first patron of the charity that raises money for young people with cancer. Other guests included Henry Holland, Lola Lennox, Razorlight and Clara Paget.

See what Vogue had to say: http://www.vogue.c...o.uk/blogs/the-vogue-blog/articles/10031 9-we-love-trekstock-loves-.aspx

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02/01/10 Williams chase gin is launched!

Our gin has been two years in the making. It is a relatively unknown fact that gin is made out of vodka, so when we set out to make our fine gin we needed the perfect vodka. So after much experimenting, we have turned our organic cider apples, from our estate, into apple chase vodka & created that into an elegantly crisp gin to make the perfect gin martini.

01/10/09 Look what we've done with Herefordshire Cider!

The first vodka made from organic cider apples. And it tastes fantastically pure calling it Naked Chase as nothing has been added!



Naked Chase Distilled from apples, not apple flavoured!

Why Apples?

When we built the distillery in 2008 we wanted to make the world’s finest gin and in order to make gin you need the best vodka and redistill it with many wild botanicals. So we created a fine English potato vodka but found that it was so complex in flavour that it overpowered the delicate botanicals. So we had to start again and made another vodka but this time out of the organic cider apples grown on our farm in Herefordshire.
The result is a pure clean spirit so fine and delicate that we are releasing it in its own right as ‘Naked Chase’, so called to reflect the organic apples used and the traditional methods undertaken to produce it. There’s nothing added to it, it’s just distilled organic apples, not apple flavoured!

London Fashion Week

As part of London Fashion Week September 2009, Chase Vodka and Ghost Bar, Farringdon teamed up to host the launch of renowned global designer JC/DC's Spring collection. Peaches Geldolf was the guest catwalk model and strutted her stuff down the runway for the finale.

Chase Wins Major Guild Award

Major Award for Chase Distillery in Guild’s Taste Awards!

In addition to Chase scooping four Gold awards for its' potato vodka and liqueurs in the Guild of Fine Foods Great Taste awards, it has now been award a Major Award by the Guild.

Products, like Chase Elderflower liqueur, that attained the 3 star gold award went through to a final "best of the best" round of major awards on 7th September in a high profile award ceremony at Fortnum & Masons and hosted by Radio 2 correspondent Nigel Barden.