Gin in Paris: Inside a cool new distillery workshop

The Earful Tower: Paris

Oliver Gee

Arts, Paris, Society & Culture, Travel, Places & Travel, France

4.8 • 749 Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

This week on the podcast we are chatting about gin with Charlotte Buisson Dackow from La Distillerie de l’Arbre Sec.

This cool, new micro-distillery is located on a quiet street, with a macabre history, mere steps from the Louvre museum in the 1st arrondissement. We visited their stunning workshop and listened as Charlotte explained the evolution of the gin culture in France.

Offering excellent quality gin, as well as tastings and workshops, it’s clear that Charlotte and her colleagues take gin seriously. Of course, wine is the dominant beverage here, but, as Charlotte explains, things are changing.

“I think gin is taking over the world! Often French people are set in their ways, so we are a little behind everywhere else, but it’s starting here in France. I think it’s really exciting.”

This craft-distillery is such an exciting addition to the Paris mixology scene, comfortably co-existing alongside the more traditional emblems. As Charlotte says “wine will always be there, but we’re just making the drink culture richer.” We couldn’t agree more.

La Distillerie de l’Arbre Sec address: 52 Rue de l’Arbre Sec, 75001

This season of The Earful Tower is brought to you by the award-winning travel company My Private Paris, which specializes in tours in Paris, day trips outside Paris, and travel itineraries. See what they offer here. In this episode, the company's co-founder Marie Segura talks about the Passage des Panoramas.

Get more from The Earful Tower by becoming a Patreon member, or a Substack member, or exploring the official site here. Members already have their invite to our Christmas party at the distillery here.

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0:00.0	Hello, everybody, Oliver G here from the Earful Tower podcast, brought to you by my private Paris.
0:05.9	More on them in a second.
0:07.1	But this episode is all about gin.
0:09.8	You're going to hear the voice of Charlotte Buisson Delcove, who is one of the two women running the new distillery called the Distillery of L'Abre Seck.
0:20.3	And I went and did one of their gin-making classes,
0:25.1	and I really and truly thought it was fantastic,
0:28.7	and I wanted to feature them on this show.
0:31.3	So I was going to say, let me introduce you to Charlotte,
0:35.0	but if you were looking carefully,
0:38.8	before this episode came out,
0:45.2	I released a walking video, a walk show with Charlotte, walking through the first and second Aaron Desmond of Paris from her distillery and then revealing five, six, seven hidden gems in
0:51.8	Paris that are all right next to each other. So the YouTube link will be in the show description if you want to see what this beautiful
0:58.2	distillery looks like.
0:59.5	That's your opportunity.
1:00.7	Otherwise, I highly recommend you book one of their fun gin making classes.
1:06.3	Now, before we get into the episode, as I said, this show is sponsored by My Private Paris.
1:11.4	You'll hear from Marie Sigura at the end of the episode.
1:16.0	Quite fittingly, she's talking about one of the covered passages that she really loves.
1:20.9	I'm not going to say which one it is, but if you've watched the YouTube video of me and Charlotte,
1:25.8	you'll see us go through two covered passages.
1:28.9	Neither of them are the ones that Marie will be recommending at the end of the episode.
1:34.4	So hang around to hear her, and if you're going to book a tour of Paris or beyond,
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