Located in Clarke’s Beach on the shores of Conception Bay, we are a smaill craft distillery using local ingredientes to make beautiful spirits in our custom made 1000 litre copper still.
Our Chaga Rum is a premium spirit made using 5 year old Demerara rum from Guyana which is finely infused in Clarke’s Beach with chaga harvested from central Newfoundland and honey from Grand Falls Windsor. The flavours capture the deep earthy notes of the chaga which bring out rich hints of truffle, chocolate and coffee balanced by the classic deep notes of the rum, held together by a touch of honey – perfect for savouring and warming up with!
The Chaga Rum was selected as Best Canadian Spiced Rum at the 2019 World Rum Awards in London. It also won a silver medal and the San Francisco World Spirit Awards in 2019
750ml, 40% alc/vol.
Our aquavit is the first spirit ever produced in Newfoundland that has been fully grown and legally distilled in the province. The ingredients come from coast to coast; the barley was grown and dried in Cormack, the honey is from Tuck’s Bee Better Farm in Grand Falls-Windsor, pristine spring water comes from Springdale, the peat and juniper from Clarke’s Beach and a dash of savoury from Mt. Scio in St John’s.
Aquavit is a Nordic spirit which is traditionally a grain based alcohol flavoured with local herbs and botanicals. We’ve made ours unique to Newfoundland and in some ways it’s a young ‘wannabe’ whisky; there’s a hint of smokiness, the campfire is there safely in the distance, a little bit of earthiness from the peat, herbal notes from the savoury and a comforting roundness from a small touch of carmelised honey.
This is a young smooth spirit, reminiscent of the aromas and purity of a walk through the Newfoundland wilderness.
750ml, 40% alc/vol.
Our small batch, copper-stilled, hand-crafted vodka is made with barley grown in Newfoundland and is filtered four times.
Smooth, pure and delicious, just as a very fine vodka should be.
750ml, 40% alc/vol.
The Rhubarb Flavoured Vodka is made with Newfoundland rhubarb. It has the freshness and bite of just-picked rhubarb, which is tempered with a dash of Bee Better honey from Grand Falls, Windsor. All the ingredients are from the Newfoundland, including the barley grown on the West Coast of the island. Our Rhubarb Flavoured Vodka is ideal to drink on its own or as a flavourful twist in vodka based cocktails, especially in citrus ones. Rhubarb Flavoured Vodka also makes a very fine martini.
750ml, 40% alc/vol.
Juniper, seaweed (we use dulse, from the Grand Banks) and a touch of savoury make a pure Newfoundland gin that has a hint of the ocean in it. This is refreshing, like being enveloped in an ocean mist surrounded by a host of pure local botanicals. We’ve kept it very simple and very pure and we think this is a fine twist on the way gin should be!
Our Seaweed Gin won a double gold medal at the 2018 San Francisco World Spirit Competition.
750ml, 40% alc/vol.
Juniper, cloudberry (also known as bakeapple) and a touch of savoury make up our pure Newfoundland gin. We’ve kept it very simple and very pure and we think this is the way gin should be!
Our Cloudberry Gin won a silver medal at the 2018 San Francisco World Spirit Awards
750ml, 40% alc/vol.
Gunpowder and Rose Rum is made with the key flavours of gunpowder, using sea salt from the Newfoundland Salt Company for the taste of salt petre, locally harvested kelp which is a natural source of sulphur and some charred birch for the carbon flavours which contrast with the floral notes of wild Newfoundland roses.
This makes for a unique rum, that opens up with the gunpowder flavours before the mellower tones of the aged rum, with hints of vanilla come into play, followed by the aromatic scents of wild Newfoundland roses.
In the navy rum was always ‘proofed’ before the sailors were given their daily ration, To do this the purser would put some gunpowder in the rum and light it. If it flared up, the rum was as it should be and the sailors would know they were getting their proper measure. We have taken this idea and balanced it with the hint of roses to make a unique amber rum that satisfies those looking for a traditional rum and those looking for more subtle flavours with complex undertones.
Our Gunpowder and Rose Rum won a bronze medal and the San Francisco World Spirit Awards in 2019
750ml, 40% alc/vol.
The Newfoundland Distillery Company was founded in 2016 by William Carter and Peter Wilkins with the aim to celebrate the terroir of Newfoundland and create distinctive spirits using local ingredients.
William Carter, a Cordon Bleu trained chef cooked for a wide range of guests in Ottawa for over 20 years, including 3 former US Presidents. He specialized in localised Canadian cuisine and began distilling to preserve fresh local botanicals for use all year long. Peter Wilkins travelled the world investigating different cultural approaches to alcohol for British TV and is an internationally exhibited artist.
The Newfoundland Distillery is the first craft distillery in Newfoundland which uses locally grown barley as the base spirit for many products. All of our spirits celebrate and focus on the purity of ingredients from the shores of Newfoundland. Juniper and other ingredients are all picked locally, on land or from the sea
In the summer of 2020 we expanded the distillery to meet increased demand. We produce a range of gins, rums, aquavit and vodkas, and in the fall of 2020 we laid down Newfoundland’s first barrels of whisky.
Our spirits are available across Newfoundland & Labrador, as well as in Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, and Alberta. Our Gunpowder & Rose Rum and Seaweed Gin are also available in the UK.
