La Société secrète

One of the values of our distillery is to shine the history of our region. A big piece of the history of the Gaspésie is the history of the Irish settlers. The potato famine in Ireland between 1845-1849 which killed millions of people has been given the name ‘The big blackness’. This forced thousands of Irish to find a new Read more...

It was during a family reunion in Caraquet in 2011 that the idea of starting a distillery was launched. The following year, Distillerie Fils du Roy was born. Sébastien Roy and his mother Diane Roy began the development of two first products: Gin Thuya and Absinthe La Courailleuse. The main objective was to provide excellent quality spirits at an affordable Read more...

The Distillerie des Marigots is the sea, oily calm or turbulent with sheep all the way out to sea, it’s the mountain, flourishing or desert and covered with lichen, it’s the forest, luminous thanks to the rays of the sun crossing its leafy canopy or dark under the spruce trees and the cedars, it is the river, limpid and salmon, Read more...

It was in 2018 that Mario and his associates decided to embark on the adventure. Proud of their region located north of the 50th parallel, the Côte-Nord, and more specifically the Mingan Archipelago, they wanted to reflect the richness of this northern environment overflowing with aromas, flavors and character in their products distilled with passion and know-how. Author: Dirk Jahn Read more...