Our spirits
At Miellerie King – distillery and meadery – we've taken on the challenge of producing our spirits from start to finish, without purchasing neutral alcohols from outside Quebec. In fact, all our spirits are made directly from our pure honey, harvested straight from our hives. Our honeys are first fermented to make mead, and then carefully distilled by our distiller in our own still. This meticulous work allows us to create exceptional products, from bee to bottle!
As one of the few artisanal distillers in Quebec, Miellerie King wants to showcase the honey from our hives in every way possible to make our valiant bees proud, who work so hard to harvest this sweet nectar.
In short, tasting a spirit from Miellerie King is to discover the unique taste of our local flora. It's definitely putting the Centre-du-Québec region in your glass!
Alvéole - La crème
Alcoholic drink with cream and honey caramel - 16% alc./vol.
Honey, brandy, and cream. A simple recipe inspired by our worker bees and family traditions. A true liquid delight to enjoy over ice or slurped down your coffee.
In addition to being delicious, Alvéole is the only liqueur in Quebec made with real cream from local dairy farmers, honey caramel, and locally produced honey alcohol made with honey from the King Honey Farm hives. Everything is made directly at their Kingsey Falls facility, and unlike any other liqueur available in Quebec, it uses no premixed, pre-alcoholic cream from abroad. In fact, Alvéole is the only liqueur certified by Aliment du Québec.
Like all other spirits from Miellerie King, Alvéole is carefully crafted using honey from their own hives. The honey is harvested, fermented, and distilled directly on their property. Miellerie King is one of the few distilleries that creates its spirits from start to finish, from bee to bottle.
Alvéole has also just been awarded a gold medal as well as the prize for best alcoholic cream in Canada at the 2023 World Liqueur Awards held in London, which brings together the products of the best distillers in the world.
Opercule
Autumn honey brandy - 40% alc./vol.
Our honey brandy is sweet and pure honey. Infused with a real royal honey cell, legend has it that it will awaken the royalty within you. Pure liquid bliss.
This is the Quebec version of Mexican abocado mezcal bottles. However, instead of a larva or a scorpion, it contains a queen cell that held a queen bee before she emerged.
Drink neat
Butineuse
Autumn honey gin
- 40% alc./vol.
Our gin, made from 100% honey from our own hives which we harvest, ferment and distill, has a uniquely delicate taste.
BUTINEUSE highlights the floral and waxy notes of our autumn honey and the delicate vegetal notes of juniper berry, coriander, black spruce buds and sweet gale.
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Colonie
White Apirum
- 40% alc./vol.
The richness of buckwheat honey at its finest. Carefully caramelized, our honey molasses will reveal its subtly spicy notes and unique character. Apirum is part of the pure tradition of alternative rums made from honey. The pride of the entire colony!
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Colonie 12 mois épicé
Spicy amber apirum aged for 12 months
- 40% alc./vol.
Patiently aged in oak barrels that previously held bourbon and our Bastringue Premium, our Apirum will reveal its smoothness and exceptional taste. The richness of buckwheat honey at its finest. Delicately caramelized, our buckwheat honey will reveal its subtly spicy notes and unique character. Apirum is part of the pure tradition of alternative rums made from honey. The pride of the entire colony!
Colonie 12 mois
Amber apirum ages for 12 months
- 40% alc./vol.
Patiently aged in oak barrels that previously held bourbon, our Apirum will reveal its smoothness and exceptional taste. The richness of buckwheat honey at its finest. Delicately caramelized, our buckwheat honey will reveal its subtly spicy notes and unique character. Apirum is part of the pure tradition of alternative rums made from honey. The pride of the entire colony!
Ouvrière
Honey Gin - Floral
- 40% alc./vol.
Our new gin is definitely synonymous with spring. Flowers emerging from the earth. Morning dew laden with a thousand and one scents that will feast on our valiant bees. Just one sip will transport you there.
Floral, delicate, distinguished. Made entirely from honey from our own hives, we have highlighted flowers and herbs that perfectly complement the waxy and floral character of our honey brandy, such as classic juniper berries, amber flowers, angelica roots and spikenard from the pine forests.
Ruchette
Honey Brandy
- 42% alc./vol.
The very first honey brandy created in Quebec is finally available! It's a journey to the heart of the beehive.
By winning the award for best brandy in Canada at the 2023 Canadian Artisan Spirit Competition, our Ruchette brandy distinguished itself.
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In developing this spirit, our goal was to create an alcohol that would capture the olfactory experience we have as beekeepers when we visit our hives. We wanted to include woody aromas, light waxy notes, and the delicate bouquet of our honey.
From bee to bottle!
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Du Rang 2
Honey and pumpkin brandy
- 40% alc./vol.
We created this spirit using circular economy principles. Our friends at Jardins Chant de Vie had a surplus of squash, and we decided to repurpose them by creating a unique eau-de-vie. Slowly cooked over maple wood embers, this squash purée, with its sweet and smoky aromas, was blended with our caramelized autumn honey. Aged in oak barrels crafted by a local cooper, you can't get a more local spirit than this.
From the bee and the garden to the bottle!
La Foire BBC
Apirum amber spice aged for 12 months -
37% alc./vol.
This caramelized honey brandy is aged
12 months in oak barrels that have contained
Bourbon. It's infused with vanilla, dune peppers, and sweetened with maple syrup. It's the perfect blend of the elegance of King Honey Farm products and the exuberance of the Princeville Beer, Food, and Culture Fair.
This product, created specifically for FBBC, is the perfect example of the integration of
High-quality local products at a large-scale event.