A gin that shares a taste of Vancouver Island with the world

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A gin that shares a taste of Vancouver Island with the world

Sheringham Distillery owners Alayne and Jason MacIsaac, second and third from left. The distillery's Seaside Gin is now available at the LCBO.

A beach stroll along the southern coast of Vancouver Island inspired Jason and Alayne MacIsaac to make a gin with a scent of sea breeze and evergreen forests. The back label of their Sheringham Seaside Gin, which launched in 2015, explains it offers “a taste of our home, the West Coast of Canada, in a bottle.”

“We use a bit of winged kelp that’s sustainably harvested by a friend of ours, so you get a subtle hint of ocean when you’re smelling and tasting the gin,” says Jason MacIsaac, co-founder and master distiller.

Seaside Gin, which launched this week at LCBO outlets, als