Spirits in the sky

THESE pictures show workings at the UK’s highest distillery - operating at more than 500 metres above sea level.

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Karl Bond, 47, started the Forest Distillery, which makes gin and single malt English whisky, with his wife Lindsay, 45, back in 2015, after starting to distil gin on their home kitchen table.

Located 1,689 ft (514 metres) above sea level in a 17th century pub building, it’s the UK’s highest distillery by elevation.

And Karl said its unique location makes the whisky taste better.

Karl said: “Distilling at altitude, there is a science behind it.

“Water boils at 100C, but if you boil at a higher altitude it boils at 98C because of the atmospheric pressure - if you go higher still, that temperature drops further.