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A P R I L / M AY 2 0 2 5 S h e r i g h a m D i s t ill e r y
A DECADE AGO, JASON AND ALAYNE
MacIsaac decided to make a life change.
Jason gave up his job as a chef and Alayne
quit hers in sales and marketing. They
bought a property in Shirley, a tiny hamlet
on the foggy southwest coast of Vancouver
Island. They lived in the main house and
convinced the Capital Regional District, the
only municipal authority in the area, to let
them turn the adjacent carriage house into
a craft distillery. They named it Shering-
ham after the Sheringham Point lighthouse
just a short walk away.
That first year they produced 2,000
litres of gin, incorporating uniquely local
ingredients such as kelp, juniper and rose
petals. The quiet life got a little louder
when Sheringham's Seaside Gin won the
title of Best Contemporary Gin at the World
Gin Awards in London barely a year later.
"That helped get a lot of attention on
our business and our product," Jason
MacIsaac says. "It was an affirmation that
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