Hivernage
Percentage of alcohol
40.0%
Average price (per ounce)
$3.79
Variety
Dry gin
Color
Other
Criteria
Wooded
Wooded
These gins are often powerful and have aromas reminiscent of resin, fir and conifers.
Ex: Pine, rosemary, sweet balsam, conifer, basil, etc.
Raw material to bottle
Raw material to bottle
When we say that a gin is made from the raw material to the bottle, it means that the manufacturing process is done entirely in the distillery. So the base alcohol used was made and distilled in the distillery, then processed using botanicals to create a gin, all on the spot. The raw material can be grain, honey, maple, fruits, berries, whey and more.
Hydromel Charlevoix
Locality
Baie-Saint-Paul (Capitale-Nationale)
Localization
Recommended tonics
1 - Boreal tonic
Boreal tonic
With boreal tonic, it is best to use a woody / forested gin or an herbaceous gin. Boreal tonics bring an additional woody / forest flavor to the gin with flavors of spruce and juniper present in these tonics.
Recommended garnish: Lemon or orange slice.
2 - Classic tonic
Classic tonic
With classic tonic, it is better to use a drier gin (London dry gin) but this tonic is suitable for any variety of gin. The classic tonics are the most usual and they bring a nice bitterness that perfectly complements the taste of all gins.
Recommended garnish: Lemon, grapefruit or cucumber slice.
3 - Light tonic
Light tonic
With light tonic, it is better to use a more pronounced gin (ex: aged or juniper berry-based gin) but this tonic is suitable for any variety of gin. The light tonics bring the same traditional taste and the same bitterness as the classic tonics but they are lighter in calories thus leaving more room for the dominant flavors present in some gins.
Recommended garnish: Slice of grapefruit or orange.
Availabilities
Not available at the SAQAvailable at the distilleryNot available online
"A gin inspired by the onset of winter, made with plants picked during the same period when we winter our hives. This gin has aromas of conifers and peppery, minty notes thanks to its boreal aromatics: fir, pine, spruce, wintergreen, creeping snowberry, dune pepper (green alder catkins) and sweet gale. No honey was added after distillation, but it comes through in the aroma thanks to the mead distillate. It owes its colour to a short aging in oak barrels with a second infusion of aromatics."
Here is the list of cocktails we recommend for this gin:
