Tag Archives: quebec gin
Review: Oshlag Gin Dentdelion
I was at the SAQ (what we call the liquor store here in Quebec) and was planning to buy some wine and some gin when I came across a new product that was just being placed on the shelves. A new local gin made with…dandelion? The label also highlights the other two weeds which distinguish […]
Cocktail Hour: Romeo’s Gin (Review)
Wow, exciting things have been happening on the Quebec gin front since I’ve been abroad. Yet another new gin from la belle province has made its way onto store shelves…and this one is even being marketed as ‘Montreal Dry Gin’. What a great time it is to be a Montrealer…well, if you overlook the struggling […]
Cocktail Hour: Piger Henricus Gin
Okay, so, a micro-distilled gin, made in Longueuil, Quebec…how cool is that? Exciting things are happening on the Quebec gin scene…first, Ungava…now this. First, a little background information. According their website, the distillery Piger Henricus is named after the latin word for a type of furnace used by alchemists during the middle ages. The English translation of Piger Henricus […]
Cocktail Hour: Ungava Gin
The first time I saw this gin at the SAQ, I was immediately attracted to it. ‘A gin made with indigenous Quebec herbs? How cool is that?’, I thought. The only thing that would make it cooler would be an organic designation (locally grown corn is used to make the spirit the gin is made with , […]
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