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When Monts-Valin meets Mont-réal, you get some great ideas.

Two family businesses join forces to create the first collaborative Gin Tonic!

Not just a numbers game, despite the name on the can, but a meeting of minds, values and above all (as you've often told us): a perfect match.

Our ready-to-drink 1642 & Km12 in 89 SAQ stores.

Everyone loves candy shaped like earthworms or little ghosts!
A simple way to add a Halloween touch to your cocktail or mocktail

According to the SAQ taste tablets, we reveal the best combinations with 1642 products! It's normal to feel a little overwhelmed when faced with the vast selection of gin and tonic available. Light tonic, regular tonic, elderflower tonic, citrus gin, floral gin, berry gin... OUF! Luckily, we've done the work for you. Which gin and which 1642 make the best cocktail? Here are some of our favorite pairings. Thank you to the SAQ for introducing gin flavour tablets a few years ago. See the...

Our two master keys! As you leave, we'll give you a simple tip: 1642 Tonic and 1642 Light Tonic work very well with all gin tablets. Without denigrating these very nice products, these two tonics made with bitter quassia, spruce and lime work very well with the gins. If you want to stay on the beaten path, you won't go wrong. The juniper berry (gin's aromatic base), which gives the gin its bitterness, is very well complimented by our 1642 Tonic and our 1642 Light Tonic! In short, go with your favorite gin! You can be...

Which gin with 1642 Yuzu? Well, first of all, 1642 Yuzu is not a tonic. There is no bitter component such as quassia or quinine. However, don't shame yuzu for that! 1642 Yuzu (Canada's first yuzu drink, after all) is an excellent partner for your cocktail. We recommend citrus or herbaceous gins (from Quebec). The citrus gins selected by our team: Rosemont Madame Gin 3 Lakes Lemon Sunflower Gin 3 Lakes Grapefruit Rosemary Gin Loop Lime & Ginger Romeo's Gin V SuperSonic Gin St. Laurent Citrus Gin Oshlag Hibiscus ...