In the spring of 2020, when Lacroix and Métivier decided to sell their distillery, the Bourassa brothers acquired it, adding spirits to their extensive range of maple products. Among these is a maple vodka that keeps the distillery on that innovative path. This is no boring vodka made by drowning neutral spirit in maple flavour. That’s not the Shefford way, and neither is it Bourassa’s.
Read MoreIn the last year or two, when Quebec’s first Acerums landed on store shelves, they entertained our palate with something novel and exciting. This year though, as the sequels to these first bottlings begin to arrive, we discover that Acerum has a much bigger story to tell.
Read MoreIf your true love buys you eleven pipers piping for Christmas, before you reach for the earplugs, take a minute to listen. The harmonies of the pipers united in song is the very essence of great gin. Then, having savoured the pipers’ aural thrills, put the earplugs back in and dream of the palatable indulgences these 11 gins will bestow on you and your true love.
Read MoreAccording to some scholars, scholars with way too much time on their hands by the way, ten lords-a-leaping represent the Ten Commandments. OK, let’s run with that. Here we present 10 vodkas you may covet in good conscience, while hoping you find them under the Christmas tree.
Read MoreMost of Canada’s first microdistilleries actually began by distilling local farm windfall into eau-de-vie and brandy. So, if you’re looking for the Canadian goose that laid the golden egg, look no further, it’s fruit brandy. These six Eau-de-vies and brandies will look just fine nestled under a decorated tree.
Read MoreCanada’s immense land area has produced a selection of gins that explore the thousands of flavours that grow coast to coast. For distilleries near the sea, this includes taking flavours from the temperamental oceans and taming those flavours into its gins.
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