Founder of the Costwolds Distillery,
Dan Szor, is a native New Yorker who fell in love with the
Cotswolds when visiting with family. After working for the majority of his life in finances, Szor was keen to do something different, and coincidentally, his interest in
Whisky and distilling began to grow.
He’d followed the growth of
Whisky in Scotland since the start of the millennium, and after speaking with several master distillers for guidance, he decided he wanted to swap hedge funds for hedge rows in the countryside. Szor and his family purchased a farm in the Cotswolds, and he enrolled on a distilling course to learn how to make Whisky.
While that was maturing, he turned his head to
Gin. The recipe was developed by Szor, his wife, and three distillers in
a small lab above their shop. Today, the company’s Spirits line-up includes a number of Gins, Sherry, Absinthe, Liqueurs, and of course their single malt Whisky.