Want to quench your thirst on a sunny day? Here is our selection of new local drinks to try this summer.
Fou Gin offers a first ready-to-drink product that perfectly combines gin and spritz. The drink, made with the distillery’s Bloom gin and real fruit juice, highlights citrus fruits – grapefruit, tangerine, lime and blood orange. Plus, the can is beautifully illustrated by artist Felipe Arriagada-Nunez aka Chien Champion.
The Racines Sisters’ 2023 piquette takes us on a journey. Made from the skins of grapes from their vineyard (Burgundy Melons, Chardonnay, Gewürztraminer, Pinot noir and Frontenac Gris), wild apple trees and apples from Cidre Choinière as well as plum and pear juice from Ferme Hayfield, the Hybrid drink with a pinkish color is perfect for relaxing by the pool.
The Lévis company Cru d’Abeille offers a reinvented mead with a lemonade flavor. Low in alcohol, the drink made from pure honey is brewed with lemons to quench thirst. Additionally, the ready-to-drink is carbonated to add a little fizz.
Want an unexpected cocktail? Try the very first ready-to-drink Canadian absinthe from the Absintherie des Cantons microdistillery. La Bête verte combines the intensity of green absinthe with the tangy side of lime for a refreshing, low-alcohol result, perfect for an aperitif.
Oflore Lemonades, which are alcohol-free, offer an interesting taste thanks to fermentation. The lemonades are naturally sparkling and come in several flavors: verbena, lemon, rose, hibiscus, lavender and elderberry. Fermentation also brings fruity notes to tangy elixirs.
Mate Libre, which specializes in yerba mate drinks, is launching their new watermelon flavored infusion. A wise way to quench your thirst and energize yourself this summer.
Distillerie Vent du Nord, in Baie-Comeau, offers their first ready-to-drink, an alcoholic version of a sumacade – a lemonade made with sumac. In collaboration with Kwe Cocktails, the drink is enhanced with Eglantine, the distillery’s wild rosehip and myrique balsam spirit. A great way to enjoy local ingredients.
Lemongrass and hops are the stars of Cidrerie Compton’s new cider cocktail. The cider of thirst presents notes of citrus and tropical fruits and a natural effervescence. A perfect combo for summer.
Bedford distillery Comont is offering a new cocktail straight from the warm Texas countryside. Their Ranch Water, made with agave alcohol, is a refreshing combination of sparkling water and notes of cactus, mint and cucumber.
The La Petite-Patrie microbrewery, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary, is launching an American season for sunny days. On the palate, the beer combines citrus, chamomile, elderflower and white pepper for a fresh, dry and effervescent result. Isle de Garde’s 5.6% hopped saison promises an explosion of fruit in every sip.