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Farmery owners Lawrence (left) and Chris Warwaruk display hand sanitizer, made in their brewery in Neepawa.

Brewer, distiller find ‘insane’ demand after pivot to hand sanitizer

Two small Manitoba craft beverage operations are swamped with orders for alcohol-based sanitizer

By Geralyn Wichers April 15, 2020

It was supposed to be a cool way to help out. Now it’s all they can do to keep up. “It’s been insane,” said Lindsay Gillanders, spokesperson for Capital K Distillery. “We thought we’d produce a little bit of it,” Gillanders said. “We had no idea that the shortage of hand sanitizer was so severe.”

Jason Kang with Capital K Distillery took first place at the Great Manitoba Food Fight for his dill pickle vodka. Kang was competing in a new category introduced at the event for beer and spirits.

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Dill pickle vodka and chicken wings earn top prizes in 2017 food fight

The Great Manitoba Food Fight introduced a new beer and spirits edition to the competition this year in recognition  of the emerging Manitoba industry

By Lorraine Stevenson October 11, 2017

The man behind Manitoba’s first family-owned grain-to-bottle spirit producer has taken home a $5,000 cash prize in a new category at this year’s Great Manitoba Food Fight. Jason Kang’s dill pickle vodka is the young master distiller’s most recent release under his Tall Grass label and its blend of wheat and rye, dill and cucumber

Jason Kang, master distiller at Capital K Distillery, stands in front of the network of stills at his location in Winnipeg.

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Distilling the true spirits of Manitoba

Jason Kang of Capital K Distillery has shifted his brewing hobby into a  full-fledged business, using only Manitoba-grown grain

By Alexis Stockford May 25, 2017

Winnipegger Jason Kang has taken many jobs since his family immigrated from China in 2003. He has worked in manufacturing and garbage disposal. He has been a dishwasher, a pizza delivery man and a commercial driver. But now he has a different profession behind his name, one that he hopes to make permanent — master

Cereals, Local news

From field to bottle: a look inside the Capital K process

A look at the world behind the still and the process behind locally produced spirits

By Alexis Stockford May 25, 2017

Kang’s process starts once the grain arrives at his distillery in one-tonne totes. Each 400-kilogram batch of raw grain is first weighed, then sent to the mill to be cracked. “After that, we cook the grain,” Kang said. “Which is what we call the mashing, so the same process as making beer.” After that, the

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VIDEO: Made in Manitoba vodka spirits – and grains – with a Capital K

By Alexis Stockford May 16, 2017

Jason Kang of Capital K Distillery in Winnipeg makes locally-sourced grain a selling point. His first product, Tall Grass vodka, hit the shelves in December 2016. Watch for his story in an upcoming issue of the Manitoba Co-operator.

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Brewer, distiller find ‘insane’ demand after pivot to hand sanitizer

Dill pickle vodka and chicken wings earn top prizes in 2017 food fight

Distilling the true spirits of Manitoba

From field to bottle: a look inside the Capital K process

VIDEO: Made in Manitoba vodka spirits – and grains – with a Capital K

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