Quebec City: Honey and Distillery Tour with Tasting French Guided Distillery Tour & Tasting

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ID: GYG500440-O-883687
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Country: Canada

Duration: 01:00 hours


Description

Discover the fascinating world of bees and see how mead and fine spirits are made with honey. Enjoy an owner-led distillery tour, see a live bee hive, and taste the complex flavors of the products.
Welcome to a unique eco-friendly urban farm in the heart of Quebec City! Apikol is an urban distillery located in downtown Quebec City (Saint-Roch district). Apikol brings together a honey house, a mead house, a distillery and a tasting area under the same roof. Apikol is equipped to reduce its ecological footprint. You are invited to a memorable visit.

Guided tours are led by one of the co-owners who are beekeepers and distillers. You will be fascinated by the world of bees while watching them at work in a live small all season hive Afterwards, you will discover how artisanal mead and fine spirits are made from homemade honey. See the process of making locally sourced eco-friendly spirits with an emphasis in maintaining a small ecological foot-pint.

It all ends with the tasting of the delicious products while explanations will be done by one of the in house experts. If you want, you can end your tasting with pure and fresh honey harvested from one of the hives in the city.

The 60-minute tour includes:

• Visit accompanied by a guide covering the interpretation of the bee, the extraction of honey and its transformation, fermentation, distillation, ageing, formulation and bottling.
(45 minutes)

• Tasting led by one of our experts of 3 products including our effervescent mead (optional, possibility of adding the others for a small supplement). (15 minutes)

Highlights

  • Unique opportunity to see bees at work in an indoor observation all-season hive
  • Discover how mead and spirits are made from pure honey
  • Taste 100% locally sourced and produced mead and spirits
  • Talk with the owners and learn about their eco-friendly project

Guiding languages

IMPORTANT INFORMATION
This is an indoor tour
Visitors under 18 will get a non-alcoholic beverage
Please check-in at the distillery front desk and let them know you have booked a distillery tour.
INCLUDED
NOT INCLUDED

When should I book?

To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.


Cancellations

Cancellation is not possible. If you cancel it anyway or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity and the money you paid will not be refunded.