The Myriad View Moonshine
This week’s Foodie-find is brought to you by our bleary eyed web editor Collen Tully who brought back this artisan moonshine (yes I said artisan and moonshine) from the lovely idyllic PEI (now that’s shattering the Anne of Green Gables’ image I’d say)!
Paul Berrow of The Myriad View is creating this heady distillation in Rollo Bay.
He told Colleen that he started making hooch as a joke 4 years ago and it really took off. Paul and his wife, who run every aspect of their business, are making the real thing from a 200-year-old recipe. The old timers attest to it when they come by and tell him “This smells like shine!”
We test drove it in the test kitchen as an accompaniment to the cloth bound cheddar tasting. It is actually really quite smooth and has a very fruity taste, a bit like rum but not as spicy – we liked it! Paul suggests using it in a cocktail with lime and cointreau to make a “Shinerita.”
Paul is also making gin, we didn’t get to try it, Colleen kept it for herself!
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I still have some hooch left, Christine. Come on over and we can be bleary-eyed together.
hahaha – love it.
Having spent countless summer vacation in PEI I never heard of that place. Now that I live at the other end of the country this post has brought back good memories of the past.
Anything drink with an ‘ita’on the end grabs my attention … kudos to Paul and his wife !