Meet the guys making French gin in Paris
The Earful Tower: Paris
Oliver Gee
4.8 • 749 Ratings
🗓️ 27 March 2023
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Join Oliver Gee on The Earful Tower as he explores the world of gin with special guest Quentin de Montgolfier, the founder of Distillerie du Gin.
In this episode, you'll learn about the history of gin in France, the process of making gin, and how Quentin's passion for the spirit led him to open his own distillery in Paris in the Viaduc des Arts.
This new distillery is one of the many hidden gems along the Viaduc des Arts, which is a former railway viaduct turned artisanal hub. Here comes a lively and informative conversation about Parisian culture, craftsmanship, and spirits.
Links:
- Distillerie du Gin: https://distillerieduviaduc.fr/
- Viaduc des Arts: https://viaducdesarts.com/
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Keywords: The Earful Tower, Paris, gin, Distillerie du Gin, Quentin de Montgolfier, Viaduc des Arts, artisanal hub, Parisian culture, craftsmanship, spirits, podcast, Patreon.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, hello, hello, hello, everybody. This is Oliver G from the Earful Tower podcast, coming to you from |
| 0:06.1 | Paris. And if I ask you to picture in your head a French alcoholic drink, you'd probably be |
| 0:15.3 | thinking about wine, maybe champagne, maybe cider, but what if we take it a little bit stronger? |
| 0:24.0 | Yeah, sure, you're probably going to be thinking about, I don't know, Calvados or Cognac or |
| 0:29.3 | Quantro or Absinth. The list goes on and on and on, but one thing that you might not think |
| 0:36.5 | about even nearly, immediately, maybe not at all, |
| 0:40.0 | is gin. Gin might just be going through its renaissance right now. And I met two young guys |
| 0:47.5 | who are making it in Paris. And they've got a cool story and a cool place. So I want to |
| 0:53.4 | introduce it to them. |
| 0:55.1 | First, the background. |
| 0:57.2 | Just like last week with the chocolate, |
| 0:59.6 | this artisanal shop and workshop is in the archways of the Viaduct Desert in the 12th, Aeron |
| 1:08.4 | Desmond. |
| 1:08.9 | If you missed last week's show, this used to be a train line |
| 1:11.8 | running through the east of Paris, basically. And they, in the 90s, they made a sort of a beautiful |
| 1:21.1 | green walkway on top, and they filled the archways below with craft people. And so this is a big part of the 12th there in Dismont, |
| 1:31.2 | these crafts men and women. And it's no different today. So where we're basing this chat today, |
| 1:37.9 | 55 Avenue Domnil, the place is called the Distillery of Viadouc. I'll say it in French and then English. Distillery of Viaduc. |
| 1:44.5 | I'll say it in French and then English. |
| 1:46.4 | Distillery of the viaduct would be the English translation. |
| 1:52.5 | All the links to them will be below. |
| 1:54.6 | This place is co-run by Theo and Quentin. |
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