Clairin Saint Benevolence is made in Haiti, more specifically in Saint Michel de l'Attalaye. The distillery was founded by Calvin and Chase Babcock in 2017 in partnership with Reverend Gueillant Dorcinvil, who also owns a distillery.
Renowned for its clairin, the town of Saint Michel de l'Attalaye is the epicenter of their charitable work.
This clairin is made from 4 varieties of cane: Cristalline, Madame Meuze, Farine France and 24/14. The cane fields are located around the Dorcinvil distillery and are cultivated without herbicides, pesticides or other chemicals. Additionally, they are harvested by hand.
The canes are then pressed, and the juice is fermented with wild yeasts for five to seven days.
A batch of cane juice is isolated before fermentation then reduced to syrup before also being fermented. This local and ancestral technique is called Saint Michel Method.
The sugar cane juice and syrup, once fermented, are distilled separately in small batches and in a single pass through the artisanal Creole copper still.
The distillates are then assembled and bottled at 50°.
All profits from the sale of these bottles are donated to charity, to help improve the daily lives of families in northern Haiti.
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