Discover everything you need to know about Distillerie 3 Lacs Lemon Sunflower Gin!
Jun 8, 2023
From where it comes from to how it’s made, find out everything you need to know about Distillerie 3 Lacs Lemon Sunflower Gin, from Craft Gin Club’s June 2023 Gin of the Month box, and the amazing distillery behind it, Distillerie 3 Lacs.
Gin fans will not want to miss out on this rare craft gin!
Distilled Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Canada
40% ABV
Like all of the Distillerie 3 Lacs products, including their gin, rum and even Distillerie 3 Lacs Limoncello, Distillerie 3 Lacs Lemon Sunflower Gin is distilled by Distillerie 3 Lacs, which was founded by childhood friends Dominic Proulx, Mathieu Caron and Nicolas Bériault.
Inspired by Quebec in summer, a landscape covered in sunflower fields, they chose sunflower seeds as a key botanical ingredient in Distillerie 3 Lacs Lemon Sunflower Gin.
The sunflower seeds not only add a deliciously rich, earthy base to the gin, but their oils also give the spirit a wonderfully smooth, moreish, unique, and utterly exquisite texture.
To counter-balance the sunflower seeds, Dominic, Mathieu and Nicolas use hand-peeled lemons to add uplifting, bright citrus tones to the gin - ones we always associate with summer sunshine.
The lemon peel and sunflower seeds are distilled with a range of other carefully-selected London dry botanicals.
The full Distillerie 3 Lacs Lemon Sunflower Gin botanical list can be found here: sunflower seed, lemon peel, juniper, coriander, peppercorn, long pepper, cassia bark and angelica root.
Once distilled at the Distillerie 3 Lacs microdistillery they are bottled in special glass bottles designed with a triangle in the glass.
The triangle represents the three lakes that surround Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, the distillery’s home, and the reason the gin is called “3 Lacs” (“3 Lakes” in English). They are Lac Saint-Francois, Lac des Deux Montagnes and Lac Saint-Louis.
Distillery 3 Lacs Lemon Sunflower Gin has a delicious pop of citrus on the nose, carrying through to the palate. There, lemon is layered with the taste of classic gin botanicals juniper, coriander and angelica root. Finally, the sunflower seed comes through, lingering long on the exceptionally smooth finish.
Like all of the Distillerie 3 Lacs products including Distillerie 3 Lacs Limoncello, Distillerie 3 Lacs Lemon Sunflower gin is distilled at the Distillerie 3 Lacs distillery in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield in southwestern Quebec, Canada.
For the perfect Distillerie 3 Lacs Lemon Sunflower Gin and tonic, we recommend serving Distillerie 3 Lacs Lemon Sunflower Gin with Fentimans Valencian Orange Tonic Water, garnishing with orange slices and juniper berries for a citrusy, rich gin and tonic that is unique and utterly sublime. Find the full recipe here!
Distillerie 3 Lacs Lemon Sunflower Gin is also fantastic in summer cocktails like Craft Gin Club’s Ray of Sunshine. Here, Distillerie 3 Lacs Lemon Sunflower Gin is mixed with DASH Sparkling Peach and Craft Gin Club’s very own Ray of Sunshine Cocktail Syrup. Learn how to make this stunning Distillerie 3 Lacs gin recipe here!
Distillerie 3 Lacs has three other fabulous gins in its range:
Inspired by the Amalfi coast and brimming with Mediterranean citrus flavours, this blood orange gin is an utter joy.
Subtle rosemary, pink pepper and green cardamom are joined by organic grapefruit flesh and peel in this delectably bitter-sweet, herbaceous and delicately spiced craft gin.
This remarkable edition has a beautiful mix of lime, basil, chamomile, lemongrass, ginger and greed cardamom tones that are simply sublime.
Destillerie 3 Lacs gins are available to buy at the Destillerie 3 Lacs distillery in Canada and on the Craft Gin Club online shop in the UK.
Destillerie 3 Lacs Lemon Sunflower Gin is available to buy as part of Craft Gin Club’s June 2023 Gin of the Month box, here.
