Champ Libre, born in May 2018 in Mercier, Quebec, is above all a brewery whom also quickly gained success with its beers. However, from the start, this project was going to have a distillery division with a modest production and would be produced in stills consisting of 200 liters. This idea originated by two locals. Alexandre Provost, who worked in the insurance industry and dreamed of owning…
Although officially born in 2015, the Pirate du Nord micro-distillery, its owner-founder, André Trudeau, took the time to mature his project with the launch of his first Bootlegger Botanique # 3 for which we speak of course of juniper, but also of dandelion roots, rosehip and long pepper. The result is not aged in barrels, but “rested” on oak and apple wood. Bootlegger Botanique # 7, the…
As of, December 7, 2019, the Côte des Saints distillery has finally opened its doors to the public for the sale of their first gin production. Availability in sufficient quantities for the province of Quebec will be offered at the SAQ as of February. I mention “finally” because their story started about four years ago with the purchase of the fields for growing barley. More or less,…
Expedition Gin is a unique project, created by Baptiste Gissinger, which should be spread over a decade. The main idea is to travel through four countries for each of the six continents (North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia and Oceania), plus Antarctica, and to find and harvest the wild plants themselves. local with which it will elaborate 25 exclusive gins of soil which will be produced…
La Distillerie Noroi située à Saint-Hyacinthe, fait partie du groupe Station Agro-Biotech, qui englobe sous le même toit Fixit Kombucha, Le Bilboquet microbrasserie, La Brasserie Olten et Littoral tonic québécois. La grande particularité c’est leur système de distillation à froid qui serait unique au monde ! Grâce à un alambic en verre qualifié de type réacteur, ce procédé sous 0°C permet d’évaporer les mélanges sans les chauffer…
As you know, DistilleriesCanada.com does not have for mission to comment on spirits produced in Canada, but to make all producers known ! However, we want to go further in our future approach by also presenting products without criticizing them. We were invited today to a press tasting organized by Vins Fins l’Agence (which we thank for the invitation) which represents Dillon’s Small Batch Distillers in Quebec.…
Menaud est une micro-brasserie ainsi qu’une micro-distillerie installée à Clermont dans la région de Charlevoix, née en 2018. La première dans cette région du Québec. Son nom est tiré du titre d’un roman, “Menaud, Maitre-Draveur”, écrit par Félix-Antoine Savard, prêtre catholique en 1937. L’équipe produit la vodka et le gin Menaud, en travaillant du grain à la bouteille avec une base composée à 75% de blé et…
La Distillerie de La Chaufferie tire son nom du bâtiment qu’elle occupe, qui alimentait en chaleur les immeubles de la société Imperial Tobacco de l’ancien quartier industriel de Granby, en bordure de la rivière Yamaska. L’ambiance historique qui transpire de cette ancienne bâtisse se prête tout à fait à accueillir une distillerie, et lui confère un semblant d’institution malgré son jeune âge. Ils sont en tout 11…