In this news article in Sarnia & Lambton County This Week, Niagara College alumnus Craig Mann, who graduated from NC’s Artisan Distilling program in 2019, is featured. Mann is getting ready to open a new distillery called Mann’s Botanical Spirits, which will be the first craft distillery in Brantford, Ont.
True to the distillery’s name, Mann plans to incorporate locally grown strawberries, peaches, apples, lavender and other products including spruce tips into his spirits. The article also mentions that while attending NC, Mann experimented with teas from his former business, Blue Dog Coffee Roasters, settling on a white tea used in a gin recipe that wowed his instructors and classmates.
