Fifteen or so firms of the Quimperlé Les Rias destination take visitors behind their own doors. Breweries, a paper mill, a distillery, artisan studios and specialist companies are among them, so craft, farming and industry sit side by side. Forty-four tourist offices across Brittany stand behind the fortnight. Quimperlé’s own share turns on food production and the métiers d’art.
Tag: distillery-visits
Armateurs de Rhum opens its rum workshop
At Saint-Jouan-des-Guérets, outside Saint-Malo, a family distillery opens the room where its liqueurs, gins and rums are made by hand. A guide takes callers along the production line, from the raw material to the bottling. The talk covers traditional methods and what a terroir does to a spirit, and ends with a tasting of the house’s bottlings. The house ages rum at sea, ships some under sail, and distils its gin from buckwheat and Breton seaweed.
Domaine Nicoleau Mill and Distillery Visit
Domaine Nicoleau opens its olive mill and family distillery to visitors in Bénivay-Ollon by appointment. Olive groves and the extraction of oil form part of the visit. Tastings feature organic olives, olive oil and spirits rooted in the Baronnies. Inside the distillery, a traditional still introduces the inherited skills behind fruit eaux-de-vie, liqueurs and local aperitifs.
Moby Dick Distillery Heritage Visit
Moby Dick distillery presents Breton craft through plants, copper stills and slow double distillation near Pointe du Raz. The visit explains spirits made from cultivated or gathered botanicals, from whisky and gin to lambig and liqueurs. The heritage visit connects rural botanicals, traditional distilling methods and contemporary experimentation on the Pointe du Raz coast.
Distillery Tour in Plouescat: Spirit Sampling
Distillerie Dourtan opens its Plouescat production space for a guided account of how its spirits are made. The visit follows ingredients and equipment used for gin, rum, pastis and liqueurs, giving each product a clear place in the workshop’s practice. A concluding tasting connects those methods with the aromas and styles developed by this small Finistère distillery.
Whisky Blending Workshop in Lannion: Create Your Bottle
At Distillerie Warenghem, participants work through the principles used to assemble an Armorik Breton single malt. The session compares aromas and components before each person creates a personal blend and bottles the result. Practical tasting, measured composition and the setting of a working Lannion distillery make the workshop a detailed introduction to whisky production in Brittany.
Whisky Tour at Armorik Distillery in Lannion: Guided Tasting
Armorik’s distillery visit traces Breton whisky from raw materials and fermentation through distillation, cask ageing and blending. Warenghem’s equipment and cellars show how production choices influence aroma, texture and the character of the finished spirit. The route ends with a guided tasting that places the samples within the history of a family distillery established in Lannion.